Elliot Maras, editor of Automatic Merchandiser Magazine, wrote an opinion piece defending the National Restaurant Association (NRA) against MSNBC-TV’s Lawrence O’Donnell, who accused the NRA of protecting presidential candidate Herman Cain from sexual harassment allegations. The opinion piece was written for the general public and takes a different slant than the VendingMarketWatch blog that ran on 11-09-11. To read the opinion piece, click here.