And it is revealed to the world how sweet a senator Rick Santorum was:

For almost 40 years, U.S. senators with candy cravings have stopped by a particular desk on the Senate floor kept filled with sweets by its occupant. The “Candy Desk” has become so well known on Capitol Hill that the Senate Web site has a page detailing its history. The senator using the desk traditionally stocked it with treats from his home state. For the past decade, Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., has filled it with kisses from Hershey Co. and other goodies from Pennsylvania-based companies. A confectioners association organized the treat donations. After Santorum lost his re-election bid in November, Republican officials who had noticed Thomas’ habit of regularly visiting the candy stash told him the desk was open for the taking. Thomas has enough seniority that he could have moved closer to the front of the chamber, but he thought the back-row spot too sweet to pass up.