When Rick Perry joked last night that the $5,000 he had received from Merck wasnโ€™t enough to buy him off, the line failed to charm the audience as heโ€™d expected. Turns out, the line also significantly low-balled how much heโ€™d received from Merck. โ€œMerck PACโ€”the companyโ€™s D.C.-based political action committeeโ€”has given Perry $28,500 since 2001, according to Texas Ethics Commission filings. The bulk of that money came prior to 2007,โ€ the Los Angeles Times reports today. Even so, that doesnโ€™t make Merck one of Perryโ€™s top donors: the LA Times notes that heโ€™s received over the years donations totaling more than six figures from over 200 sources.