Santorum v. Santorum
On one hand, we have Rick Santorum, the Reformer.
Speaking from the Senate floor, U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum (R., Pa.) urged his colleagues to curtail a popular perk: private corporate-sponsored flights at bargain rates for members of Congress.
"This is clearly a subsidy," he said March 8.
On the other hand, we have Rick Santorum, the Not Reformer.
Two days earlier, he had taken a BellSouth plane from a runway near his home in Leesburg, Va., to fund-raising events in North Carolina and South Carolina. The jet ferried Santorum, two aides and Ward White, BellSouth's top Washington lobbyist.
Santorum paid $6,955 - first-class rates, as Senate rules require, but a fraction of what it costs to operate the plane.
Which one is running for re-election? You be the judge.
For complete details, see Carrie Budoff's piece in the Inquirer, from which these excerpts were extracted.
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