Cain rose to prominence in the race for Republican Presidential nominee and briefly led in the polls almost entirely due to his "999" plan to simplify the tax code. He denied that he plucked that plan from the video game Sim City, which had featured its own "999" tax plan.

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The candidate said today that he suspended his campaign "because of the continued distractions, the continued hurt caused on me and my family, not because we are not fighters. Not because I'm not a fighter."

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Herman Cain cites Pokemon in concession [Politico, via Twitter]