WoW! you really did some research. I’m sure you checked the same items against Mitt and Newt. How did they fare?
Owl, this is why it is dangerous to try analysis like this at home. You see, Mitt has spent 30 million to research Newt. Newt and others have spent a lot to research Mitt. And frankly, I've yet to hear any follower of either of them spout the line that they are the perfect conservative. Meanwhile, Santorum goes around with no one checking his record out claiming he's the true conservative and above it all. All Windflier did was set the record straight, and it was perfectly within the context to do so.
Well, it's not my research (click the link), but seriously, you don't already know the answers to that question?