childbirth and played with it for a couple of hours so the other children would know the child was real. >> reporter: rick santorum addressed why they brought the child home. >> it was so important to recognize for the family, recognize the life of that child, and for all the children to know they had a brother and sister. and -- >> reporter: combs later apologized. i asked dan santorum if that traumatized rick's other children? >> not at all. if you know rick's family, being as close as they already, very loving family, they needed that. rick and karen did the right thing. >> reporter: others who know rick santorum said those episodes give him strength on the trail and will help mhim wih other evangelicals in the primaries. he genuinely walks the walk of his pro-life convictions and