by 14 points. also john tester, we are took the side of the minimum wage increase that won by 45 points. claire mccaskill, who was on the winning side of that 52-point spread in missouri and who never let her republican opponent squirm away from that fact for one minute. >> tell missourians yes or no, how will you vote on the minimum wage proposal that will be on the ballot that you will be voting on in three weeks. yes or no? >> you're going to have to cast a vote in two weeks on whether or not we raise the minimum wage in missouri. will you vote yes or will you vote no? >> i have not taken a position on the minimum wage ballot issue. >> yeah. mem, mem, mem, mem. not taken a position. maybe you didn't, sir, but voters in your state certainly did. and claire mccaskill beat you. claire mccaskill squeaked by with one of the most unlikely victories in the '06 election. she unseated a republican incumbent senator. in part because of the