you know what they say--once you go lakshmi, you never go back-shmi!next, i'm beginning to think there are just too many gop presidential candidates.ç but i'd like to give a tip of my hat to one candidate who stands out by telling it like it is: rick santorum. at a recent campaign stop in iowa falls, santorum delivered this nugget of wisdom on gay marriage. marriage can be between any two people, any four people, any ten people, any kind of relationship and we can call it marriage. but that doesn't make it marriage. >> i can call this napkin a paper towel, but it is a napkin. why? because it is what it is. >> stephen: exactly! napkins and paper towels are completely different things. it's like comparing apples to larger, more absorbent apples. [laughter] [cheers and applause] rick santorum is putting the issue of gay marriage in terms everyday people can understand. if you give napkins and paper towels equal status, you undermine the sanctity of the thing you use to pick up dog vomit. [laughter] see, nobody knows better than rick santorum that you can