reporter: santorum also fought in the senate for conservative priorities including the bush tax cut in 2001. the fundamental question for every one of these amendments is do you want $1.6 trillion of tax reduction in the next ten years or do you want to increase government spending? the cato institute david boze is critical of santorum on spending issues during his time in the senate but says he also had his successes. while he was in the senate he did sponsor welfare reform. that was great accomplishment. he also sponsored social security reform, which did not succeed but that was certainly to his credit. on the other hand, in between those two efforts, he supported the biggest expansion of entitlements in the past 40 years. reporter: a former senate armed services committee aide says santorum also offers experience on security issues. he served for eight years on armed services, that is two more years than hillary clinton served when she became secretary of state. that s
fought in the senate for conservative priorities including the bush tax cut in 2001. the fundamental question for every one of these amendments is do you want $1.6 trillion of tax reduction in the next ten years or do you want to increase government spending? the cato institute david boze is critical of santorum on spending issues during his time in the senate but says he also had his successes. while he was in the senate he did sponsor welfare reform. that was great accomplishment. he also sponsored social security reform, which did not succeed but that was certainly to his credit. on the other hand, in between those two efforts, he supported the biggest expansion of entitlements in the past 40 years. reporter: a former senate armed services committee aide says santorum also offers experience on security issues. he served for eight years on armed services, that is two more years than hillary clinton served when she became secretary of state. that s unassailable credential fo
reporter: santorum also fought in the senate for conservative priorities including the bush tax cut in 2001. the fundamental question for every one of these amendments is do you want $1.6 trillion of tax reduction in the next ten years or do you want to increase government spending? the cato institute david boze is critical of santorum on spending issues during his time in the senate but says he also had his successes. while he was in the senate he did sponsor welfare reform. that was great accomplishment. he also sponsored social security reform, which did not succeed but that was certainly to his credit. on the other hand, in between those two efforts, he supported the biggest expansion of entitlements in the past 40 years. reporter: a former senate armed services committee aide says santorum also offers experience on security issues. he served for eight years on armed services, that is two more years than hillary clinton served when she became secretary of state. that s
civil rights. i agree with david. this is we ve got to stop thinking about equality in terms of conservative or liberal. we need to start thinking about the fact that gays and lesbian citizens are our brothers and our sisters. they are entitled to equal places in our society. that should be a conservative value. it is also a liberal value. it is not something that should split us. would either one of you gentleman mind doing me a favor and just turning around to the people behind you and asking them if they are happy with today s ruling. david will do that. what do you think about that opinion, huh? all right. i think that s a fairly good, you know, cross-reference there. good sample there of the population. okay. well, david boze and ted olson, i know that this is a very big day for you and i really appreciate you taking the time to talk with us today. congratulations, again, and good