Another endorsement dispute?

Curiously, Rep. Jean Schmidt's endorsement by the Family Research Council has just been scrubbed from her campaign Web site's endorsement page.

This comes after both Rep. Steve Chabot, a Republican from Westwood, and Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., publicly disputed Schmidt's claims on her Web site that they had endorsed her for re-election.

The congressman both said they support Schmidt - they just don't endorse her. Schmidt's campaign said it was a misunderstanding.

Could there be another misunderstanding?

Actually, sort of.

"The reason that it's not there is that it's not an endorsement. We put it in the wrong place," Schmidt campaign manager Allen Freeman explained. "The FRC is a report card, so it should have been in the 'Jean on the Issues' section, not the endorsements page."

Freeman said he noticed the oversight this week and immediately had it corrected.

Click here to see the cache version of her endorsement page. FYI, below is the specific text that was removed:

Conservative organization “The Family Research Council (FRC)” reports that Rep. Jean Schmidt supported the interests of FRC 100% in 2005.

FRC is one of the nation’s largest and most influential social policy organizations. "The Family Research Council (FRC) champions marriage and family as the foundation of civilization, the seedbed of virtue, and the wellspring of society. FRC shapes public debate and formulate public policy that values human life and upholds the institutions of marriage and the family."