Ted Cruz, one of several GOP presidential candidates who want to defund Planned Parenthood, strangely said he wanted to put Rosa Parks, who served as a national board member for the women's health group, on the $10 bill. Marco Rubio and Donald Trump also chose Parks as a replacement for Alexander Hamilton, the first U.S. treasury secretary, for when the currency is revamped in 2020.
It was in response to a question in CNN's GOP debate about the proposal to put a woman on the currency.
Cruz suggested Parks, the African-American woman who refused to give up a front seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus, which was a landmark act of defiance in the U.S. civil rights movement. He apparently was unaware of her service with Planned Parenthood.
Jeb Bush wants British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, because the country needs an example of a great leader and she "restored the United Kingdom into greatness" as prime minister, Bush said.
John Kasich proposed Mother Teresa, the Catholic nun who was canonized for her service to the poor of India.
Chris Christie suggested Abigail Adams, wife of the second U.S. President John Adams and mother to President John Qunicy Adams. At first however, it sounded as if he might have been proposing Morticia Addams, the matriarch of TV's Adams Family.
Carly Fiorina, however, said putting a woman on the $10 bill would just be "a gesture" that "doesn't help." Instead, women should get more respect, she said. "This nation will be better off when every woman has the right to live the life she chooses," Fiorina said to great applause.
Mike Huckabee said he would put his wife's image on the $10 bill so she could have her own money.
On another unusual question, Donald Trump said his Secret Service code name should be "Humble," while Marco Rubio would choose "Gator" and Mike Huckabee likes "Duck Hunter."
Jeb Bush, who has been the target of Trump's jabs suggesting he was low energy, said he should be called "Eveready" because "it's very high energy."
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