"...a choice between supporting Akin's position on abortion or worry about winning a senate seat..." Please forgive me, Jimsd55, for being a little blunt. If Akin's selfishness looses us that senate seat and also gives us another four years of Obama, there will be at least one, possibly two, or maybe even three new SC justices. That will complete the assault on our Constitution, change our country as we know it and will absolutely guarantee the continued killing of babies for at least the next generation.