“Particularly, I’m not sure I’m going to listen to the value judgment of a guy who strapped his own dog on the top of the roof of his car and went hurling down the highway,” said Santorum adviser John Brabender.

His comment came in response to Romney’s accusation that Santorum was “desperate,” which, if you have to stoop to a 30-year-old dog story to refute, may prove the point.

Look, the guy was in a station wagon with his wife, five kids and an Irish setter. Where, exactly, was he supposed to fit the dog?

Doesn’t the fact that Romney chose to bring the dog on the family vacation, rather than dump him in a kennel back home, suggest that he’s a dog lover, not a hater?