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"Unfortunately, this is what Sen. McCain's inside Washington ways look like," said Romney-for-president campaign manager Beth Myers. "He cut a backroom deal with the tax-and-spend candidate he thought could best stop Gov. Romney's campaign of conservative change."
The Huckabee campaign denied there was any deal.
"I'm sorry, I thought the Romney campaign sent out something [on Monday], saying there's no whining in politics," said Saltsman. "He got beat — period. Once again, showing that Gov. Romney's millions of dollars can't buy the election."
Bob Fish, the CEO of the West Virginia Republican Presidential Convention, responded to Romney's accusations of a deal by telling ABC News, "Welcome to politics."
"To anyone who speaks of 'a deal' being made, as if that's critical, I guess I would say, 'Welcome to politics.' This is exactly what happens when you have an election of this type," Fish said.
ABC News' Teddy Davis, Rick Klein and Karen Travers contributed to this report.
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