Politiquotes of the Week: March 30

Trayvon Martin takes center stage on Capitol Hill.

Rick Santorum - "There's one candidate who's uniquely disqualified to make the case [against ObamaCare]. That's the reason I'm here and [Romney’s] not,” said Rick Santorum, speaking from the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court during this week’s oral arguments on the Affordable Care Act.(Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Rick Santorum - "There's one candidate who's uniquely disqualified to make the case [against ObamaCare]. That's the reason I'm here and [Romney’s] not,” said Rick Santorum, speaking from the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court during this week’s oral arguments on the Affordable Care Act.(Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Mitt Romney - "I'm not going to worry too much about what Rick is saying these days. I know that when you fall further and further behind you get a little more animated,” said Mitt Romney, responding to Santorum’s charge that he’s unqualified to challenge the health care reform law.(Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Mitt Romney - "I'm not going to worry too much about what Rick is saying these days. I know that when you fall further and further behind you get a little more animated,” said Mitt Romney, responding to Santorum’s charge that he’s unqualified to challenge the health care reform law.(Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Barney Frank - “There is a meanness to his core,” said Rep. Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts), describing Mitt Romney’s political style when dealing with rivals.(Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

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Barney Frank - “There is a meanness to his core,” said Rep. Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts), describing Mitt Romney’s political style when dealing with rivals.(Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Marco Rubio - "There are a lot of other people out there that some of us wish had run for president -- but they didn't. I think Mitt Romney would be a fine president, and he'd be way better than the guy who's there right now,” said Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) the day after he formally endorsed the former Massachusetts governor’s presidential bid.(Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Marco Rubio - "There are a lot of other people out there that some of us wish had run for president -- but they didn't. I think Mitt Romney would be a fine president, and he'd be way better than the guy who's there right now,” said Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) the day after he formally endorsed the former Massachusetts governor’s presidential bid.(Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Newt Gingrich - “Back in high school, I was a janitor in my own high school, which was a private school. For me, it was embarrassing to be a janitor at my own high school. … I was poor,” said Hector Cendejas, a 2010 Georgetown graduate, confronting Newt Gingrich about previous comments that poor children should work as janitors. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Newt Gingrich - “Back in high school, I was a janitor in my own high school, which was a private school. For me, it was embarrassing to be a janitor at my own high school. … I was poor,” said Hector Cendejas, a 2010 Georgetown graduate, confronting Newt Gingrich about previous comments that poor children should work as janitors. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Barack Obama - "This is my last election," said Obama, whose conversation with outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was caught on an open microphone at the March Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, South Korea "After my election, I have more flexibility." (Photo: Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images)

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Barack Obama - “This is my last election,” said President Obama, whose conversation with outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was caught on an open microphone. “After my election, I have more flexibility.”(Photo: Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images)

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Frederica Wilson - “Trayvon was hunted down like a rabid dog, he was shot in the street. He was racially profiled,” said Rep. Frederica Wilson during a congressional briefing on the Trayvon Martin shooting.(Photo: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)

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Bobby Rush - “I applaud the young people all across the land who are making a statement about hoodies, about the real hoodlums in this nation, particularly those who wear official clothes,” Rep. Bobby Rush said on the House floor in comments protesting the death of Trayvon Martin. “Racial profiling has to stop. Just because someone wears a hoodie does not make them a hoodlum.” (Photo: AP Photo)

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