Santorum has recounted a different story about his start in politics. "I was too cheap to buy the New York Times and too lazy to go to the library," he told The Inquirer in 1994, "so I went to the Republican headquarters and the only name I recognized was John Heinz. Either the first day or the second, the coordinator for Heinz came up and said, 'Great, you're president of Students for Heinz.' "