Sen. Lanza Withdraws

via the Advance;

"At the end of the day, it was the family," Lanza said in a telephone interview. "The kids made the decision for me."

Lanza is the father of three children who range in age from 4 to 11 years old.

"They are right in the heart of the formative years," said Lanza. "I don't want to look back and count up the hundreds of things I wasn't there for for the kids. I'm not willing to make that complete sacrifice."

But we alredy knew that.