Good on you pointing out who Bob Bennett is and why Mittens would say something like that.
Mitt Romney endorsed Bob Bennett:
You know his principles, Mr. Romney said to the roughly 3,500 delegates. We need Bob Bennetts skill and loyalty and intellect and power.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/us/politics/09utah.html?_r=1
And Mark Levin endorsed Orrin Hatch, who is nearly identical. Politics makes strange bedfellows indeed.
IT’s too bad that Herman Cain quit the race.