[Wuli]

“First of all, from what I understand from doctors, (pregnancy from rape) is really rare,” Akin told KTVI-TV in a clip posted to YouTube by the Democratic super PAC American Bridge. “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”

Knowing WHEN to stop talking is important in politics. Instead of “running off at the mouth” he might best only have made his first comment - what doctors say about the incidence of pregnancy resulting from rape - and left it at that. That might have prevented any great excitement about his comment.

[philman_36]

He was asked a question. He answered the question.

What's wrong with that?
Would you rather that he evaded answering the question?

"Well, you know, I think that whether you're looking at it from a theological perspective or a scientific perspective, @answering that question with specificity, you know, is above my pay grade." BHS

[af_vet_rr]

Knowing WHEN to stop talking is important in politics.

Can't be said enough. Knowing when to stop talking is a tough trait to find in politicians.

[Monorprise]

Is it too late to remove him from the ballot?