Bush campaign manager Ken Mehlman thinks gay issue is fair game

The Harvard Crimson:

In response to a question from Nicholas F.B. Smyth '05 - who was sporting a shirt supporting Kerry's candidacy on renouncing the use of 'wedge' issues such as race and gay marriage, Mehlman said that he did not consider gay marriage a wedge issue but rather one of great importance to the American people.

If it's fair game to use the gay issue to smear the other party and score political points, then wouldn't that same justification apply to 'outing' closeted gays who support such political smear tactics, either directly or by working for folks who do? Not sure if this is where Mehlman really wants to be headed...