First Little Ricky disses Teflon John; Now, he joined the McCain Love Train.

The Carpetbagger Report:

Just last month, even after McCain had wrapped up the nomination, you still said there was just no way you could support the guy.

“The only one I wouldn’t support is McCain,” Santorum said during an interview in his office at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, where he is a senior fellow.

“I don’t agree with him on hardly any issues,” Santorum said. “I don’t think he has the temperament and leadership ability to move the country in the right direction.”

And today, those strong-willed principles suddenly mattered a little less.

Those conservatives who still question whether they can support McCain should remember this:

The next president will make more than 2,700 political appointments, those who really set policy, across the bureaucracy of our government. I, for one, will sleep better at 3 a.m. if Republicans are in the cabinet and in White House positions that make so many critical decisions. The idea of “Attorney General John Edwards” and “Energy Secretary Al Gore” should cause some sleepless nights for Republicans or conservatives - and those in a U.S. manufacturing sector now struggling to stay afloat.

Here’s my final argument for John McCain. He’s not Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton.

The GOP closes ranks. It always does.Santorum concluded:

Many of my fellow Republicans have faulted me privately and publicly for being so outspoken about McCain, suggesting that I should have kept my mouth shut. First, I’ve never been very good at that.

Second, I do not regret being up-front about such an important decision. Third, the primaries are a time when each party wrestles over what it’s looking for in a presidential candidate. Now is the time to come together.

As for the Reagan Axiom, given his opponent, McCain is close enough to 80 percent for government work. That is why I am going to vote for my friend — John McCain.