Did the GOP repeal that stupid rule that cost Tom Delay his job in the first place?
The rule didn't cost him his job -- only his committee chairmanships. What cost him his job was his failure to respect his glass house environment, and his failure to be the hammer and going after his detractors more forcefully. Also, by bowing out after the primary, he prevented the possibility of having a GOP candidate on the ballot in November, thus HANDING the seat to the dems. The dirty tricks the dems (most notably pond scum Austin DA Ronnie Earle) threw at Delay were despicable, but Delay himself made his own decisions that handed the dems that seat.