The Republicans are playing this exactly the way they should.
A "foaming at the mouth" response is exactly what the Dems and the media want, so they can paint this as a partisan set-up.
The same way they "play(ed) this exactly the way they should" when an aide brought forward the memo saying the Democrats planned to use the national security stuff for political purposes? The Pubbies refused to do busines for a few days, but didn't push it.
If the GOPers were to start foaming at the mouth,the hue and cry,from the damned Dems,would get the facts of Sandy's crimes out if view;completey out of the news.