That's what I read from the Daily Beast today. They did an interview with his father's cousin's wife who lives in Italy. Apparently Santorum's whole family are "red communists to the core". Santorum stayed with them multiple times during the 80s and 90s. And no, this is not snark, I seriously read this.
Here's a link to the whole story as posted on Yahoo, I don't have time to write about the whole piece, but I felt like that little tidbit was too good to not share with the community here.
Apparently his hardcore communist family in Italy are "ashamed" of Rick's positions. Yes, you heard that right. Hardcore communist's are ashamed of Rick Santorum's positions.