ABC host asks Rick Santorum to 'justify' campaign

Christine Amanpour, host of ABC’s This Week, asked Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum to “justify” continuing his campaign for president given that his daughter, Bella, has very poor health. Santorum explained that he hopes to win the presidency in part to ensure “that we have a country that respects her life.”

“You’ve been very public and have been very emotional, of course, talking about your young daughter, Bella, you, you’ve said, has basically a life that’s measured in days and weeks,” Amanpour said to Santorum during an interview this morning. “And as a mother, I just wonder how you can keep going and how you justify this with so much personal toll at home?” she asked, adding “given the polls.”