believes in strongly. who is obviously on the presidential ticket as well. and romney s on record saying they re on the same page on almost every issue that would come up through the course of the campaign. i don t think it s a stretch to say that even though what paul akin said was beyond the pale as far as what romney or other, you know, establishment republicans think that a national political figure should be saying out loud, but it reflects what the political party does believe from a policy perspective. chip, let me bring you back in, so many have tied congressman ryan into this. joe scarborough took great issue, pointing out that ryan s never used the language that akin used in the interview on sunday with the notion of rape, but he did use this forcible rape language in legislation that they co-sponsored. john heilemann, i think, had interestingen sight. they co-sponsored legislation