romney disagree. -- agree. i think that's important for trying to lay out what he is doing in the future, because already some are saying if mitt romney does not win this year, rick santorum might be interested in a presidential campaign again in 2016 and he is energize social conservatives by saying look, governor romney and i have differences. jon: and republicans have a tradition of doing that, of taking the guy who finished second last time around and making him the nominee next time. >> they certainly do and i think rick santorum is well aware of that. jon: i guess it also allows or prevents maybe some of those negative television ads from being run, you know, of an endorsement speech, because santorum has said some very negative things about governor romney, for instance, he called him uniquely disqualified to run against president obama. that kind of thing. if he were to make a big podium announcement and say all kinds of positives, then that's automatic fodder for