Rick Santorum Kind of Sorta Endorses Mitt Romney

You find few genuinely touching moments in U.S. politics, but this heartfelt outburst of support for a one-time opponent from Rick Santorum on CNN last night has really got to rank up there with the most emotionally stirring…

Rick Santorum: [Mitt Romney] is the person that is going to go up against Barack Obama. It's pretty clear. We need to win this race.

Piers Morgan: Unless I'm mishearing things, you just endorsed Mitt Romney.

Santorum: If that's what you want to call it, you can call it whatever you want.

You'll have to excuse me. I have something in my eye…

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