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The producers of Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps couldn’t have staged better coda: During the meet-and-greet following Texas Governor Rick Perry’s appearance at the New Hampshire Politics and Eggs breakfast this week, a mysterious man approached Perry and apropos of nothing said, “Bank of America. We will help you out.” Then he silently moved on.

Politico‘s Ben Smith identified the exec as James Mahoney, Bank of America’s director of public policy. A bank spokesperson told Smith that the only “help” Mahoney was offering was nonpartisan policy expertise. But Mahoney is also chairman of the bank’s New Hampshire PAC, which doles out political cash.

The interaction takes place at precisely 40 minutes: