Senate Majority Whip hopes for Mitt Romney run, says he’d be ‘terrific addition’

Washington • Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn said Wednesday that he hopes Mitt Romney launches a bid for the Senate now that Orrin Hatch is bowing out.Cornyn, a Texas Republican, said he is sad to lose Hatch in the Senate but he would encourage Romney to run.“I think he’d be a terrific addition,” Cornyn told The Salt Lake Tribune off the Senate floor Wednesday.Romney is considering a bid for Hatch’s seat now that the senator has announced that he’s not going t