You're right about the incident. All I heard was "Tancredo asked to leave Republican party" when I was driving to work & I didn't get to hear the story. But here is a link to the Rocky Mountain News article about the exchange. http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/state/article/0,1299,DRMN_21_3753626,00.html
This will not win Tancredo any friends at the White House. It is recalled that when he last visited Karl Rove, the Bush ayatollah, and spoke of the illegal invasion, Rove told Tancredo to leave the office and not to "darken the doorstep again." Rove, who speaks for the president, told the Republican hierarchy not to support Tancredo financially and actually suggested they find another Republican to run against him.
I am astonished. This does not bode well for the future.