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Rep. Todd Akin has, unwittingly to be sure, harmed the pro-life movement, his senatorial race in Missouri, the Republican Party, and therefore quite possibly the nation.
Every person who speaks or writes for the public will make an occasional faux pas, and sooner or later, will write or say something inappropriate. The game of "gotcha" that the media play -- especially with regard to Republicans and conservatives -- is what makes so many politicians sound robotic when they speak.
But Congressman Akin said something that cries out for condemnation and retraction -- and necessitates an explanation.
On a Missouri TV program Sunday, he was...
I know that the children my MIL and two of my SIL's lost are likewise dear to them and that they grieved for them just as they would have if they had lost a born child.