The Washington Times - March 18, 2012, 04:56PM

Late-night comedians have had a field day with the story of Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney strapping his dog in a crate atop the family station wagon for a 12-hour cross-country drive in 1983.

Now it looks as if rival Republican Rick Santorum is getting in on the action.

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Mr. Santorum, in an appearance Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” said the story of Mr. Romney and the family dog “Seamus” was indicative of “character.”

“All I would say is, you know, the issues of character are important in this election, and we need to look at all those issues and make a determination as to whether that’s the kind of person you want to be president of the United States,” the former Pennsylvania senator said.