his house seat in missouri. so come january todd akin will be gone from national politics. until then consider this guy, this guy who has the magical qualities of rapist sperm, this guy will retain his house on the house science committee. the republican party put todd akin on the science committee in congress. also, old roscoe bartlett who just lost his seat. he's the one who said rape hardly ever causes pregnancies. he's quite sure that's true. the republicans put todd akin and roscoe bartlett. such is the republican's respect for science. and since the republicans did hold on to the house this year, they still get to determine the membership of the house science committee.