Morning Must Reads: Missing

Hundreds of millions of dollars went missing from customer accounts during MF Global’s final days. Cain changes his story on sexual harassment allegations. He explains himself to Fox. More pertinent: Can his organization win Iowa? The Tax Policy Center and Bruce Bartlett pick over Perry’s tax plan. Here it is in one chart.

In the Arena

Cain Game: Why Sexual-Harassment Allegations Won’t Sink Herman’s Campaign

It’s been such a long time since we’ve had a good, full-blown, as it were, presidential-campaign sex scandal that I feel the need to restate my position on such episodes: I never touch the stuff. Fleeting moments of human frailty, especially of the testosterone-addled kind, are inevitable and should remain private, absent extenuating circumstances (like [...]