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August 23, 2012 11:46 AM
Backstory: the reporter who interviewed Akin
The Jaco Report reconsiders the moment
As transitions go, it was pretty jagged, a classic of the “moving right along” category. Answering a question about abortion in the case of rape, Todd Akin, the 65-year Missouri congressman and current candidate for the US Senate, says: First of all, from what I understand from doctors, that’s really rare. If it is a legitimate rape, the female body...
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