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Hes not going to fight these people. and furthermore, who would be his allies? who are the people in that party who are going to stand up for womens rights? this is a party where in the senate, the entire republican caucus voted for the fluke -- what was it called, the flake amendment? the blunt amendment, excuse me, the blunt amendment, which allowed employers to sort of basically stop any kind of health care coverage that dealt with womens issues. it wasnt framed that way. the only one to vote...

Backs down. hes not going to fight these people. and furthermore, who would be his allies? who are the people in that party who are going to stand up for womens rights? this is a party where in the senate, the entire republican caucus voted for the fluke -- what was it called, the flake amendment? the blount amendment, excuse me, the blount amendment which allowed employers to sort of basically stop any kind of health care coverage that dealt with womens issues. it wasnt framed that way. the onl...

Senate, the entire republican caucus voted for the fluke -- what was it called, the flake amendment? the blount amendment, excuse me, the blount amendment which allowed employers to sort of basically stop any kind of health care coverage that dealt with womens issues. it wasnt framed that way. the only one to vote against it was olympia snowe who is leaving the senate. so theres no there there for people who would stand with romney/ryan if they wanted to take the disingenuous position that they ...

>> qualifying forceable rape versus nonforceable rape. i think those are broud ader iss and that is a significant difference in the approach between me and the other party. >> reporter: todd akin says he wont quit the missouri senate race. im steve handelsman, nbc news washington. >> last night on the rachel maddow show, frank rich questioned who in the republican party will challenge the ultra conservative wing and the kind of thinking displayed by congressman akin. he told rachel in his view i...