Big time screw up by GOPe ( so what else is new). They were to sit on the Cruz affair til much later AFTER Cruz was to be used as a useful tool to deny delegates to Trump. But sprung the story too soon in effect increasing Trumps chances of hitting the 1236. Shot themselves in the head on this one
GOPe didn't spring it, the Enquirer did. The GOPe isn't as powerful as some Freepers think it is. Once you plant a rumor there's no telling when it will break out, or if it ever will.