“Its just a tad creepy.”
As Santorum told the story later on FOX, he didn’t take the baby home to “play” with it. Santorum’s wife had spent years as a neonatal nurse and had learned it was important to mark the existence of the child and affirm the place of the child in the family. The baby was taken home, and a memorial service and burial done later that day. It was a beautiful, but sad account of that little life and the effort of the family to deal with their loss.
My grandmother went through that say the name thing when trying to recall who she wanted to speak about, and she'd always say her daughter's name.
Colmes is not human.