Akin wasn't alone in this. This was the first glimpse into the mind and behavior of Mitch McConnell as the Republican Senate leader. McConnell ran away so fast from this, when he could have stood ground and help take the seat away from Democrats. Voters would have moved on from the rape comment if McConnell had made a stand and supported Akin.
This was a foreshadowing of things to come under a McConnell majority leadership.
-PJ
“Voters would have moved on from the rape comment if McConnell had made a stand and supported Akin.”
Wishful thinking doesn’t win elections.