candidates always like to talk about how the press isn t fair and the process isn t fair. and, of course, no, it doesn t seem fair because you ll have the press seize on something you say and blow it up and hammer it. but rick santorum knows now, again, these are the rules that you play in if you re running for president. why are you shocked? i mean, he was alive in 1988. he saw when michael dukakis put the helmet on and rode in that tank. he understands is that fair to michael dukakis? no, it wasn t fair, but sometimes images set in, and they re in cement, and that s the way the game is played every four years. and he ll be a better player because of that. it s a gutting, ruinous process often on families as well. that, too. it s very difficult. in the end, the delegate math was against rick santorum. and after his young daughter, bella, was recently hospitalized, santorum said the decision to leave the race is