The bill should have never reached the President's desk. Conservatives, if there are any left in the Republican party, should have stood with the Democrats and stated clearly that this was a state issue, which it was.
Those that advocate change and misusage of the Constitution to pander to individual groups for political points are not conservative. They are, whether you like it or not, advocating a liberal position. As to Delay's other dealings as I stated, where there is smoke, there is usually fire. And around Delay, there's been an awful lot of smoke of late