will set the policy of the romney administration. >> you sponsored legislation that has the language forcible rape. what is forcible rape? >> rape is rape, period, end of story. >> the forcible rape language meant nothing to you at the time? >> rape is rape. and there's no splitting hairs. >> rape is rape, and there's no splitting hairs. the problem for paul ryan is that he has been splitting hairs legally on what rape is. his entire career, he's been doing that. paul ryan cosponsored a bill last year with todd akin to redefine rape in federal law. it was hr-3, the third bill introduced by the republican majority when they took control of the house in 2010. that bill initially tried to redefine what rape is. it created a new category that they called forcible rape. why do you need that new category? you need that new category to distinguish that kind of rape from other kinds of rape. to single out a subclass of rape that would allow you to still