You might want to check out this investigative Salon piece by uber-journalist Mark Hertsgaard:
To have the two presumed front-runners for the Republican presidential nomination and the funder of the infamous “Swift Boat” attacks implicated in a single money laundering scandal is a remarkable development in the Republican race. It raises a host of questions that other GOP candidates — and the media — may want to address.
Did two of Perry’s closes aides commit perjury? Why the divergent statements about the last-minute contribution? Did Romney endorse passing along Bob Perry’s $1 million to Gov. Perry? If so, why? And what did Rick Perry know about the source of the contribution?
In short, did the two now-bitter rivals for the Republican nomination forge a friendly backroom deal in 2006 that was possibly illegal?
The implications of this story are clear: When memories of "N*&(&head" have faded to dust I have a feeling we'll still be hearing a lot about this story, which has the potential to cause significant problems for Romney and Perry and the OTHER Perry.....