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This inevitable loss will fall not on Akin's head but on ours.

This "inevitable loss" will fall on Akin's head and those of his supporters who cannot recognize the difference between the man and the mission. Akin is not the pro-life movement. Akin may be pro-life, but so are Steelman and Brunner. Akin faced a decision, step aside so that another pro-life Republican without his baggage could win, or stay in and give Claire McCaskill a very good chance of being reelected. Which one advances the pro-life cause more?

I’m beginning to think we are all wasting our breath on Akin and his dwindling cadre of “supporters”.

I guess I should look on the possitive side—it could have been worse. He could have followed up with a campaign spot starting with the words “I am not a witch...”. But maybe I should be careful; for all I know he and his brilliant staff are working on such a spot as we speak.