The Republican National Committee chairman’s statement:

Some in the Republican Party are happy about this. I am not.

Let’s be honest — Senator Specter didn’t leave the GOP based on principles of any kind. He left to further his personal political interests because he knew that he was going to lose a Republican primary due to his left-wing voting record.

Republicans look forward to beating Sen. Specter in 2010, assuming the Democrats don’t do it first.

Steele, you’ll recall, promised that the RNC would remain neutral in Specter’s GOP primary, and said he was “always open to everything, baby” when it came to deciding whether or not to aid Specter. (Video after the jump.)

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