Meanwhile, Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy used words from George WBush during his State of the Union address to embarrass Mr Blair over Iraq's elusive weapons of mass destruction.
The funders of the group soon stepped forward, although no law required them to: Sam and Charles Wyly, Texas businessmen who are buddies with and financial backers of George W. Bush.
Tuesday's ruling in Washington was also cheered by two of the biggest-spending outside groups in the 2012 presidential and congressional campaigns: Americans for Prosperity, founded by billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, and Crossroads GPS, run by former President George W. Bush's aide Karl Rove.