John Ensign: “I was saddened simply from a personal level, but I was also saddened for our country because I believe Rick Santorum has…”

“I was saddened simply from a personal level, but I was also saddened for our country because I believe Rick Santorum has served this country so well. His integrity, his vision--so many things about this man have really been extraordinary. I have gotten to know a lot of the people around him, his staff. It says a lot about him because of how many of them are sitting in this room today. The quality of the people he has around him says a tremendous amount about him, as does the passion with which they served him and the passion with which he serves the country. I also came to know Karen and his six kids. They are extraordinary people. Rick is a great leader of his home. Just seeing the love and respect that Karen has for Rick and that his children have for him as a father says a lot about him as an individual as well. I can say with confidence that as a human being, there have been maybe as good human beings who have served in this Senate, but there have been no better. He is that quality of a human being. His faith leads him to that.”