based on a personal experience. that's certainly true. i'm on the budget committee, the finance committee for a reason. those have always been my primary issues and my focus. so now it's different. you know, i hadn't expected to be in this position. but i do think, you know, having to spend a lot of time thinking about it and working through this issue personally that, you know, this is where i am for reasons that are consistent with my political philosophy including family values, including being a conservative who believes the family is the building block of society. i'm comfortable there now. >> reporter: you know, a cynic might look at this and say, he's a politician, why is he doing this now when he found out two years ago? >> two things. one is i'm comfortable with the position and took me a while, you know, to rethink things and get to this position.