By Chad Pergram

John McCain's win in New Hampshire did not impress former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. 

Revealing a divide in the Republican Party between moderates and conservatives, DeLay slammed McCain in an interview Wednesday with FOX News.

"There's nothing redeeming about John McCain," DeLay said.

The Texas Republican added that McCain "does betray conservative principles."

When asked on which issues McCain was not a conservative, he said: "Mercy, there's tons of them" and proceeded to list the Senator's positions on the environment, immigration, the International Criminal Court, his support for affirmative action and taxes. He also called McCain a "hypocrite" when it came to lobbyists.

The Texas Republican went on to dismiss McCain's victory as "A blip. An aberration in the nominating process of the Republican Party."

DeLay said this was because New Hampshire is a state that's trending Democratic (it replaced its two GOP House Members in 2006 with two Democrats and GOP Senator John Sununu has a tough re-election fight on his hands this year) and allows independents to vote in the Republican primary.

"He (McCain) appealed once again to independents," DeLay said. "He's not going to go much further than New Hampshire."

McCain could struggle in South Carolina. President Bush clobbered him there in 2000. But eight years ago, he won Michigan, which votes next week.

DeLay also took a shot at press coverage of McCain, who described him as a "darling of the media."

When asked about the divisions in the party between moderates and conservatives, DeLay said "I don't think there's a schism in the party. The party doesn't exist. It's rebuilding."