Santorum: Romney "heroically" saved the Olympics only if you call a bailout "heroic"

“(Romney) heroically showed up on the scene and bailed out and resolved the problems of the Salt Lake Olympic Games,” Santorum told an enthusiastic group of about 300 tea party supporters gathered in a conference room an airport hotel here. “He heroically bailed out the Salt Lake Olympic Games by heroically going to Congress and asking them for tens of millions of dollars to bail out the Salt Lake Olympic Games. In an earmark. In an earmark for the Salt Lake Olympic Games.”

He added that John McCain, the Arizona Republican senator who has endorsed Romney in this year’s GOP race, “called it potentially the worst boondoggle in earmark history.”

“Does the word hypocrisy come to mind?” Santorum asked the crowd, to applause.