Ummm. you just read the spin...not what actually happened, right?
The press corps was having fun putting the "boobies" in frame when they took pictures of him (and other Republicans), going so far as to lay (or dive en masse) on the floor so as to get the breast in the shot.
They bought the drapes for what it cost to rent them four times.
If Ashcroft wasn't such a dogwhistle, it wouldn't have been an issue.