I agree. Having said that he probably should have just said he didn't have enough facts to comment. I'm not sure how well informed he was on this.
the democrats and rinos are grasping at anything with which to attack Herman. They are scared sh*tless of Herman Cain
Cain did not have this info simply thrown on him during the interview with the woman interviewer. Take a look at the video of that interview again, and you'll noticed that when the woman interviewer asks the question, she did not even mention the name, but Cain sure knew it and in fact, provided the name to the interviewer. He knew the story before he was ever asked a question even. He had the article's storyline before he ever went into that interview, and yet he chose to say what he did.
Even with a deceptive newspaper article which he was aware of before the interview (indicated by his knowledge of the camp's name not provided in the interview) and having knowledge of the article full of lies and deceit, Cain CHOSE to take it anyway and run with it to make Perry look bad.
See:
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/gop-candidate-cain-calls-racial-slur-rival-perrys/story?id=14650708
The interviewer asks the question around 2:26, and without being provided the name of the camp by the interviewer, Cain ALREADY knew the camp's name and provided it to the interviewer. You'll see it when you watch for this. He knew ahead of time, and he was prepared to USE the story. This one was Cain's call to be sure.