I dunno.
I always personally considered Karl Rove a man of outstanding principle and integrity.
The primitives don't like him just because of his politics, not his honesty.
Of course, the primitives don't value honesty very highly, even among Democrats.
Too, I don't think Karl Rove "learned" honesty from the two most honest presidents in the history of America, George Bush and the second George Bush; I think it was always in Karl to be this way.