[MeganC]

Akin should have been astute enough not to have mentioned this in a public forum knowing that the media would spin his words against him.

[JediJones]

Akin should have been astute enough not to have mentioned this in a public forum knowing that the media would spin his words against him.

Maybe, but every politician makes gaffes. No one says things totally perfectly all of the time. Akin and even all his prominent supporters admit he made a mistake with his phrasing and framing of his response. We just don't think he deserves the political death penalty over it.