Blunt’s sneak attack has created a rift in the House, particularly with Majority Leader Tom DeLay, to whom Blunt had been a loyal lieutenant. “Now everything he does is suspect,” says a former GOP aide. (Blunt’s office wouldn’t comment.) It’s a story made for partisan attack, but Dems haven’t yet taken advantage. “What would they do to us if the situation was reversed?” asks a House Democrat.
