This would suggest that your statement is incorrect:
[...] Keyes' nomination is a Hail Mary pass from the Illinois GOP and everyone knows it. Odds of success are better than any other probable candidate, but have to be at least 2:1 against him. He's pinch-hitting with less than 90 days to go in the race and replacing a disgraced nominee. Americandaily.com: "Illinois Keyes" by Adam Graham (08/06/04) [...] Keyes is being begged by a desperate state party to make the journey to Illinois and give them a credible nominee.
Keyes insulted Cheney’s daughter for being gay. His own gay daughter had this to say:
“Maya Marcel-Keyes will be making her first public appearance as a gay activist at a Valentine Day’s rally in front of the Maryland State House, says Dan Furmansky, the leader of Equality Maryland, a gay rights group.
Last summer her father, a conservative pundit and frequent Republican candidate, caused a stir during the Republican convention by labeling Vice President Dick Cheney’s lesbian daughter a sinner and calling homosexuality “selfish hedonism.”
“It was kind of strange that he said it like a hypothetical,” she told the Washington Post. “It was really kind of unpleasant.”
Marcel-Keyes told the Post her parents have thrown her out of the house, stopped speaking to her and refuse to pay for college because she is gay. She said she loves her parents.”
Keyes is a small, small man. Hate the sin, but love the sinner, particularly if you brought her into the world.