His plan all along and his own words condemn the IMPOSTER Romney - saying 'he was to the left of Kennedy' and backed it up w/his 'accomplishments'. Nothing was hidden, voters simply refused to believe reality.
Then he got support from Santorum - who campaigned for him in '08 going around claiming Romney is a conservative! Since 'supposed' conservative 'take one for the team' Santorum was so 'useable' Romney used him again in '12 to keep the real conservative NEWT at bay. NEWT was Romney's only threat.
Santorum is a POS while going around now hoping his dumb clueless voters aren't the wiser. Santorum is the GOP lackey - to draw in conservatives and drop them once his/GOP mission is accomplished.
Like Romney, Santorum switched to pro-life to run for office in 1990, he had been anti-Reagan in the 1980s.
In 1996, Santorum endorsed the presidential candidate Specter, running on the agenda to remove life from the GOP party platform, Santorum remained always loyal to Specter.
In 2008, Santorum became a Romney man, 2012 a Romney stalking horse.
This week August 27 (CBS News) In an interview with CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley, Mitt Romney said his views on abortion rights are more lenient than those put forward in the Republican party platform.