Santorum Rally Holds Moment of Silence for Bella

Despite Rick Santorum's canceled appearance at his rally Sunday afternoon due to the hospitalization of his youngest daughter, the rally wasn't Santorum-less.
His daughter Elizabeth Santorum spoke for roughly two minutes and signed autographs and posed for pictures at the Republican presidential candidate's Sarasota grassroots rally at Dolphin Aviation in Manatee County.
Elizabeth Santorum said her father wished he could be in Sarasota, but his family obligation comes first.
"My dad today is exercising his most important role, which is being a dad," she said, drawing applause and cheers from the audience.
Rick Santorum's 3-year-old daughter Bella, was hospitalized Saturday in Philadelphia due to pneumonia, and she suffers from a rare genetic condition called Trisonomy-18, that gave her an extra chromosome. Santorum canceled several

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