Because he threw those credentials in the trash by backing Specter over toomey. Specter feels abortion is akin to removing an unwanted wart. Toomey values innocent human life. Toomey would have won. It was an unacceptable (and unneccesary) betrayal.
Yep. I believe a leading Republican but it this way 'you are either for us or against us'.
Two things:
1. Read my last post, which I detail why I believe that keeping Specter actually helped the pro-life movement as well as the party. Even if you disagree, I'm pretty sure Santorum agreed, and it seems silly to punish him for it, especially when he's one of the most pro-life Senators in the senate.
2. You do know that Toomey was pro-choice till midway through his second term, when he started thinking of running for Senate, don't you?
Don't get me wrong, I think Toomey would be a better Senator then Specter too in a perfect world, but I think in the situation that presented it's self, it worked out best the way it happened, both for the party and for the pro-life cause.