Steve Waters, who managed the unsuccessful 2008 U.S. Senate camapaign of Del. Bob Marshall, R-Prince William, is joining George Allen’s 2012 U.S. Senate campaign as “advisor on family policy issues.”

The move comes as Allen seeks to shore up support from social conservatives across the state in a bid to regain his former Senate seat; the Allen camp has already sent out a mailer touting the former governor’s pro-life bona fides.