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Herman Cain said his now-viral Web ad â€" a low-budget spot that at one point features chief of staff Mark Block taking a drag from a cigarette â€" was "hilarious" and that his staff had done a "great job" with it.

In the ad, Block extolls Cain's virtues and takes a pull from a cigarette. The ad then cuts to a shot of the candidate slowly smiling and saying he endorsed the message.

"Mark happens to be a smoker. He knows it's a bad habit, but he smokes. And so we weren't trying to send any subliminal message whatsoever. Many of us found it hilarious, because we know Mark Block," Cain said during an interview Wednesday with Fox News.

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