incumbent claire mccaskill is finally coming out and going after him. todd akin in his own words on march 18th, 2011, todd akin said he didn t like social security. on september 3rd, 2011, todd akin said medicare was unconstitutional. on march 16th, akin said he wants to abolish the minimum wage. on april 21st, said he would eliminate student loans. on august 19th, todd akin said only some rapes are legitimate. what will he say next? i m claire mccaskill and i approve this message. so, politico congressional editor martin cady joining me now. this race is going to be so mean and so hot and at this stage, mccaskill is going after him, but he s got a lot of support from the a lot of the faith networks as well as home schoolers. he s got mike huckabee, rick santorum. how do you game this right now? this race is not over. remember a month ago, everyone
either pick up a net of four seats that they need if president obama wins re-election, virginia will probably have to be a very big component there. republicans also have to hold on to the 50-50 contest in nevada between senator dean heller and shelly berkeley. they re two contests and one that we have all been watching, that one in massachusetts between elizabeth warren and scott brown. republicans really need to be able to win that so they can actually net elsewhere. all right. so one thing, though, when it comes to the todd akin-clare mccaskill race, we re seeing the first mccaskill ad taking him to task about the legitimate rape comments. let s take a look. todd akin said he didn t like social security. on september 3rd, 2011, todd akin said medicare was unconstitutional. march 16th, akin said he wants to abolish the minimum wage and