[Robert Siegel:] We're going to shift our focus now from South Carolina to Iowa. All this week, we've featured stump speeches from the Republican presidential candidates. And today, we bring you Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum. In Iowa last week, Bachmann took on President Obama. That's Michele Bachmann speaking at a Pizza Ranch restaurant in Rockwell City, Iowa. And our next stump speech comes from another Pizza Ranch, this one in Carroll, Iowa, and former Senator Rick Santorum. If elected, he said, he would balance the budget and beef up national security. He also took a moment to talk broadly about the American family.
[Rick Santorum:] You know, we have some people running here who think America is just about doing what's best for you. Well, that's the popular culture, but that's not what America's about. America is about more than just you. America's about service and sacrifice and doing what's, you know, making a contribution to the greater good, serving your God and your family and your country. And that's what America's about. That's what we use our freedom for. At least that's what we have used our freedom for that made us the greatest country in the history of the world. And at the core of that is the family. The core of that is what motivates most people to go out and work. And the Marine Corps is an amazing, amazing fighting force. How do they get people to do such heroic things and amazing things day after day? It's because the Marine Corps is a family. They're committed to each other. It's a special relationship. Just like each one of us is a family. And people say, oh, the individual is the basis of our society. The individual rights, but the foundation of our country is the family. When the family breaks down, America doesn't survive.
[Robert Siegel:] That's Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum campaigning in Carroll, Iowa.