Appearing on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight on Thursday, former Republican presidential aspirants Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum weighed in on an issue that emerged from Wednesday night's debate: should PBS — and by extension, Big Bird and the gang on Sesame Street — receive federal funding?  

Gingrich said he'd "liberate" Big Bird from the burdensome federal bureaucracy, while Santorum admitted that he has already voted to kill the iconic character.