Good point. And an object lesson in the hazards of trying to twist religion into politics. If these two well meaning but ill-advised guys had just played it straight they might well have won--with major consequences we shall discern down the road when Congress starts attacking America again.
The democRats set a trap for them and they both fell for it, Murdock fell for it AFTER the whole Akin debacle - which is even more mind blowing.
If they were Tea Party candidates, they should have stuck with the basic montra - “Taxed Enough Already”