He could have made his list include 4, and not punked out to the panel when they feigned shock at their beloved EPA getting axed!
"Rebuild the EPA" is Part of Perry's enumerated plan. He didn't punk,
that was his rebut to SF Harwood when he asked "do you really want to
eliminate the EPA"? SF Harwood didn't want to pursue it because he
would have been stepping into Perry's skill set and the moderators were
burned every time they personally engaged a participant.
All night the smartest money people at CNBC were consistently schooled in
economics by each participant they challenged.