>> well, i would say i have had a change of heart based on a personal experience. certainly true. i'm on the budget committee, the finance committee for a reason. those have been my primary issues and my focus. so now it's different. i hadn't expected to be in this position. but i do think, you know, having spent 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 a building block of society. so i'm comfortable there now. >> reporter: you know, a cinic might 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. took me a while to rethink things and to get to this