Yes, I’m sure he has many genuine conservative backers.
I feel the McCaskill support has probably tainted a basically good man. But when Sarah Palin did not support him in the primary, it got my attention.
Yes, when Sarah Palin didn't endorse Todd Akin, that got my attention as well. It made me think that she (and/or her staff) had not really investigated his record and his "party faithfulness" (for lack of a better term). Todd's first vote in the US House of Representatives was AGAINST GWB's "No Child Left Behind" bill; that had to take courage and backbone.
IMO, the main reason Sarah P endorsed Sarah S was because she was a woman = good old-fashioned "identity politics."