So Rep. Jeff Flake (AZ) gets the ball rolling to push Rep. Tom DeLay out the door, but he’s unhappy with the chaos he created. Both Flake and his colleague, New Hampshire Rep. Charlie Bass, are now circulating a “Dear Colleague” letter chastising their fellow Republican caucus members for so aggressively endorsing and campaigning for open, or potentially open, positions.
To be sure, their broader message — that publicizing support undercuts the caucus’s ability to force real change and reform — is the right one. But shouldn’t this have been something they tried to impart before they blew the whole thing up on Friday?
