Rented movie won't transfer to iPhone or iPad

I rented a movie in iTunes and using the movies tab of my iPad, I clicked "Move" to move the movie over to the iPad.  WHen I sync the device, it goes through the motions and after finishing, it moves the movie back over the iTunes side of the display.  Effectively, not transferring the rented movie.
I tried this same thing on my iPhone and got the same result.
I'm using the latest version of iTunes and the iOS 5.1 on both the iPad 2 and the iPhone 4.
Any suggestions would be appreciated!

Just an update.  This problem applies to both SD and HD

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