Forget about Delay for a moment. The current rule is a bad rule, and it has been exposed as such by the current situation. Under current rules, if a member of the Republican leadership is indicted, they automatically lose their leadership position. No review, no appeal, no nothing. So if the Democrats can secure a partisan indictment against a member of the Republican leadership, even one without any merit, they have effectively dictated who the Republican leaders can or can't be. It only makes sense that there should be an internal review process, rather than an automatic trigger, so that Republicans get to decide who their own leaders will be, and what consititues rightful dismissal. The Democrats do not have an automatic dismissal trigger for members of their leadership, and rightfully so. The same should apply for the Republicans.
The GOP needs to get the word out. The sound bites are DeLay and slants.