>> i believe that you can do some real harm. not to harry reid, but to me. and i'm not sure that you can win. and i'm not sure that i can win if you're hurting my chances. and that's the part that's scary to me. >> scott ashton is running as a third party candidate in the nevada race and had a face-to-face meeting with sharon engel last week in which she asked him to drop out. problem for engel? ashton now admits he had a rolling tape record in his pocket. he tells cnn the secretly recorded of engel because he was triered of being ridiculed. he initially gave the tape to nevada political journalist john rolston who played it on his radio show. it appears she's telling him in exchange for quitting she has influence that she can use to help him in the future. >> that's really all i can offer