“I would have felt the same way.”
Therein lies the entire problem. With Akin it’s all about feelings. With you it’s all about feelings. There are no feelings in politics. We need to WIN. Period.
Loyalty begets loyalty. If you treat good and honorable men that way, you will no longer be a viable party. Akin deserved much better and his treatment pissed off a lot of Reps in MO and nationally.
Winning is absolutely meaningless if you lower yourself to the level of your opponents to do so. We need to STAND ON PRINCIPLE. Period.