Owning up to the mistakes of those under you is the mark of a leader.
However, having enough oversight and responsibility to not let those under you make this kind of stupid, crooked mistake in the first place is the mark of a GOOD leader.
What Cruz’s staff did was no mistake. He hired people who specialize in misinformation campaigns. Expect more of the same. Cruz will do anything to win... this is not something new.
Other campaigns watched the CNN report, came to the same conclusion, and acted upon the information the exact same way. But we don’t hear about them. Indeed, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Trump campaign took the same course of action due to the CNN report as well. Wouldn’t that be funny!!!!