The spinmeisters are already hard at work, claiming that no, GOP voters really, really want illegal immigration reform - they actually WANT effective amnesty for illegals, and Cantor lost for . . . ummm . . . other reasons. That's it, other reasons. Something else.
It doesn't seem to be working - too many people have already come out and said that the main reason Cantor lost was his tacit support of illegal immigration reform. (Unlike the situation when Rick Perry's Presidential campaign tanked as soon as it became more widely known that he supported discounted tuition for illegals in Texas, and considered those who disagreed to be bad people.)