Rick Santorum pointed out on CBS today that the media is using double standards and playing :Gotcha Politics" over comments made by a supporter yesterday.

The comment was made yesterday on MSNBC by Forster Friess, the largest benefactor to the Red White and Blue superPAC which is backing Santorum. It was on that news station that Friess responded to a questions, saying, “This contraceptive thing, my gosh, it’s so inexpensive. You know, back in my days, they used Bayer aspirin for contraception,” Friess said . “The gals put it between their knees, and it wasn’t that costly.”

Andrea Mitchell was clearly taken aback by the comment, momentarily speechless, she stumbled for aa response, and quickly changed the subject. Friess apologised for the remark on his blog last night, but not until after being widely criticized for his remarks by women’s health advocates.

Santorum, this morning admitted that it was a bad joke, but said it was not reflective of himself or his campaign. In his reaction, he said, “I’m not responsible for every comment a supporter of mine makes.” During that interview with CBS, he pointed out that the media is treating his campaign differently than Obama’s 2008 campaign where remarks were made by Jeremiah Wright, Obama’s pastor during a sermon at his church where Wright said it should be, “not God bless America. God Damn America.”

President Obama countered the Wright remarks by giving a speech on race in America that included his denouncement of the comments made by Wright. Obama later quit the church. Republicans widely stayed away from that controversy in 2008.

Santorum has placed well in this month;s primaries, he has taken three of the last five. He faces his next tests in Arizona and Michigan on February 28th. The latest Rasmussen poll shows Sanorum behind Romney in Arizona, with Romney showing 39% to Santorum’s 31%. The story is different in Michigan however, showing Santorum in the lead there by three percentage points at 35% to Romney’s 32%.

If it goes as the polls show in Michigan, it will be a big upset for Romney, who’s father was a three-term governor for that state.