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Report: Pro-Bachmann Super PAC defects to rival Mitt Romney

The Daily is reporting that Citizens for a Working America, which had said it would back Michele Bachmann, recently made a $475,000 ad buy in Iowa on behalf of rival Mitt Romney, according to an FEC filing on Wednesday. The news site quotes an anonymous insider who confirms the ad supports Romney and mentions no other candidate.
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The Daily is reporting that Citizens for a Working America, which had said it would back Michele Bachmann, recently made a $475,000 ad buy in Iowa on behalf of rival Mitt Romney, according to an FEC filing on Wednesday. The news site quotes an anonymous insider who confirms the ad supports Romney and mentions no other candidate.

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