the candidates pretended to have no idea there is gamcasino, andr supporters' spending money on negative ads. >> you have to sympathize with newt gingrich on this one great he is getting whacked all over. >> it must be said that of all the candidates in this race and any race, he has provided material for zero hours of negative ads -- for hours of negative ads to run. newt has a 20-year history of stuff that invites negative ads. i am trying to explain the phenomenon happening in iowa today. i am not arguing over the logic of the campaign laws. >> the fallacy is that the candidates cannot talk to the independent groups because they are independent. the candidate is not have to talk to the independent groups, because it is obvious what the independent groups have to do, go negative and destroy the competition. there probably is some communication. this is kind of a stark example of it. romney is disingenuous to say i have nothing to do with this. >> absolutely. just to back up what margaret has said, the republican position historically has been campaign finance laws -- we are against any