Wrong. The speed with which the "pro-family" groups moved on this implies that either (a) they really do not engage brain before opening mouth, or (b) they knew this was coming, and did nothing to warn Simon, because said warning would interfere with their agenda.
From my experience with one of these groups, I'm inclined to believe the latter.
The pro-family members of the Republican Party were upset to see Simon's Campaign Headquarters put out that release.
No, they weren't upset.
They were f***ing ecstatic, because it gave them an excuse to engage in vote-splitting rhetoric.
I'm more familiar with those a$$holes than you are--they DELIBERATELY plotted to get a tax-and-spend, pro-gay-marriage, pro-abort extremist elected in place of a fiscal conservative who didn't support state-funded abortion (or, for that matter, any state-funded non-emergency medical care).
And the damndest things always seem to happen when these "pro-family" groups are treated as friends by campaign managers. Internal campaign documents usually have a habit of turning up in Democrat hands, usually right after the "pro-family" group publicly flips to the zero-chance third-party fruitcake.