The Democrats threatened to “out” him. He was a cheerleader at Ol’ Miss, and the rumor was (I was in WDC at the time) that he had had a homosexual encounter while a student there. That is also why he killed the Clinton trial in the Senate.
I heard more or less the same about Boehner.
Do you remember our RNC head Ken Mehlman, from FL? Gay.
Tom Foley, FL, gay, who cost us the 2006 House?
There are rumors about a Tex/mex border state Gov, but he got saved so nobody talks about it anymore.