Ummm, no, he probably didn’t, but if Karl Rove were to be tagged with this rumor, it would very much be just desserts, since he started false whispering campaigns like:

• Alleging that John McCain fathered a black daughter.
• That former Texas Governor Ann Richards was a lesbian.
• That a judge was a pedophile.

So, by the standards of Karl Rove, this is a fair question.

It’s not true, as Jon Ponder notes in his post, “Did Karl Rove Leave His Wife For Jeff Gannon?“

Still, the story does contain “truthiness,” as Stephen Colbert would say.