What's Newt Doing?

Boston Herald:

Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum abruptly dropped out of the race this afternoon, citing the health of his infant daughter, Bella, in a move that allows former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to clinch the GOP nomination and target President Obama.
“We made the decision over the weekend ... this presidential race is over for me. We will suspend our campaign today,” said Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, appearing with his wife and family in a hastily called press conference in Gettysburg, Pa. His 3-year-old daughter Bella, who has a rare genetic condition called Trisomy 18, was hospitalized this weekend after she had come down with pneumonia.
“We were very concerned about our role being the best parents we possibly could to our children,” said Santorum.
Bella was released from the hospital yesterday and her condition is improving, but the incident played a part in Santorum’s decision, he said.
“Good Friday was a bit of a passion play for us, with Bella,” he said.

Well, it is unfortunate Santorum's daughter has been sick, but overall, her dad had no path to winning the nomination, and he was trending toward a situation where he would lose the next 5 primary votes, including his home state.  Newt Gingrich has even less of a chance than Santorum did, but he doesn't have the decency or the sense to drop out.  And if a member of his family, like his wife became ill, Newt's first instinct would be to get started on an affair and divorce her.