Re Akin, his comment about "legitimate" rape was a comment regarding a woman lying about rape. As such the comment was beyond idiotic, because that is a completely and utterly different subject. Re a woman somehow getting raped and causing herself to abort somehow, well, that was idiotic to bring up as well. There are of course many, many different examples of traumatic events, mental and physical, causing issues with pregancies. But to try to connect that to rape in the abortion discussion is simply idiotic.
However, I would like to go on record and say this is a perfect example of the difference between the parties. A Repub pol makes a statement like that, and the Repubs want him gone, admitting his position is idiotic. While at the same time the Dems and the MSM pile on and try to portray the entire Repub party holds the same beliefs.
When Dems pols say stupid **** like this, the party rallies around them and the MSM protects them.