Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says an amendment put forward by Senate Republicans that would have allowed any business to exclude contraceptives from health care plans was not really about birth control.

“The Blunt amendment was broader than that,” Santorum told Fox News host Chris Wallace on Sunday. “It was a conscience clause exception that existed prior to when President Obama decided that he could impose his values on people of faith, when people of faith believe that this is a grievous moral wrong.”

“But the Blunt Amendment wasn’t just talking about Catholic institutions — Catholic colleges, charities — it was saying any — you know, U.S. Steel — any company, any insurance company could decide not to offer birth control,” Wallace noted.