Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) has come under fire from his fellow GOP candidates for signing a mandate that required teenage girls to get HPV vaccines, despite his staunch public opposition to government interference in health care. The HPV mandate became even more damaging after it was revealed that Merck, the pharmaceutical company that manufactures the vaccine, was a major donor to Perry, and that a lobbyist who represented the company now heads a pro-Perry Super PAC that vowed to raise $55 million to support the governor’s presidential bid.