Joining Mitt Romney, Jon Huntsman, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul, the pizza man says Michele Bachmann's headache issue shouldn't be relevant to the 2012 campaign:
"If she's showing up for her events, and she's doing what she needs to do as a United States congresswoman, people shouldn't worry about her migraines," Cain told The Associated Press after a fundraiser for the New Hampshire GOP. "My wife has migraine headaches. I understand migraines. So I just think it's a non-issue."Bachmann's health has become the focus of intense scrutiny in recent days after a media report claimed she suffers from sometimes-incapacitating headaches.Continue ReadingBachmann insists the health problem does not interfere with her ability to do her job. But other Republican presidential contenders, namely former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, suggested this week that the issue is a legitimate concern.Cain did not follow suit Thursday night, although he and Bachmann are fighting to win over much the same bloc of tea party voters.
Cain's comments leave Pawlenty as the only 2012 candidate to suggest Bachmann's health is an area of concern, and even he walked those comments back in a subsequent Fox interview. As AP notes, Cain's response is notable, given how deeply Bachmann's rise has cut into his own base of support.
The Cain-Romney-Huntsman-Gingrich-Paul position is the safe one here, though: The migraine stories are in the public domain and if voters care about that kind of thing, the information is available. The only reason to push the story harder, right now, would be if you needed Bachmann to collapse relatively quickly
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