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Top Iowa conservative leader Bob Vander Plaats on Wednesday denied specifically asking any candidates to drop out of the race for the GOP presidential nomination.

"It would make it a lot easier if a couple of them would team up," Vander Plaats said on CNN. "I talked to a few candidates and I said, I'm not saying what you should do, I'm not telling you to drop out or anything of that nature, but if you like another candidate, maybe you and the other candidate should get together and say, hey, can we make something work where it's a team deal."

Vander Plaats is the president of The Family Leader and an influential voice among Evangelical conservatives in Iowa. The group itself chose to remain neutral in the race but Vander Plaats and affiliated activist Chuck Hurley endorsed Rick Santorum on Tuesday.

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