Again, who cares where it came from? Let's say it was Perry's team that leaked the story to the Politico (and it doesn't look to me like Cain's team has any actual proof of that), do you somehow believe that this would have remained secret the entire campaign? Do you really believe Obama's opposition research people don't know about it or wouldn't have found out?
It is better for everyone that this came out now. The worst possible situation would have been for the story to come out after a potential Cain nomination. The primaries are a vetting process. As Cain has no elective experience, more dirt is probably going to come out on him since opposition research teams had no reason to focus on him before.
What matters is how the Cain campaign deals with this story - and so far they have bungled it in every way possible. This is a novice candidate and an amateur campaign team and so far they are proving they don't deal with adversity well. If Cain and his people can't take the heat now, how do you expect them to deal with Obama's billion dollar campaign operation and the entire MSM as Hussein's propaganda machine?
There is nothing to “remain secret.”
Its a fake story. - The Bitch’s mouthpiece destroyed the file years ago, obviously because it was a loser file, not a win. They keep records of their wins forever.