Just the facts.

Senator Santorum has shown, once again, why he should be handily re-elected this November with his excellent column in National Review Online today.

It would be an absolute travesty for him to be replaced by Bob Casey. The conservative movement has had no better stalwart than Senator Santorum and all one has to do is check the record. Or watch the tapes of him on the floor fighting it out against Boxer on partial birth abortion. Or watch him lead the charge on the judicial nominations fight. Or do any one of a thousand things, both public and unseen that propels our movement forward.

There is no doubt that I would prefer Toomey to Specter, but the fact remains that Santorum's one perceived transgression is NOTHING compared to the daily betrayals by literally dozens of other elected officials who supposedly are conservatives.

I've actually had Senators lie to my face. You might say, "What is so shocking about that?" When you are in a meeting with a Senator and they are five feet away from you and telling you a blatant, provable lie -- not just talking points or the normal spin job -- but a blatant lie....trust me, that is a whole other kettle of fish.

Let's face it, friends. We have suffered quite a few losses in the Senate in the past few years with retirements, etc. -- Phil Gramm, Jesse Helms, Strom Thurmond.....and many others.

There just aren't that many Rick Santorums in those hallowed halls. We need him more than ever because heaven knows that courage is in short supply in our caucus at the moment.