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And media elite to protect our faith and freedom," todd akin tells the story how he got into a lot of political trouble for his comment about legitimate rape and pregnancy. but he does not apologize for those comments, even though he did quickly produce a campaign ad apologizing for those comments at the time. >> i'm todd akin, and i approve this message. rape is an evil act, i used the wrong words in the wrong way and for that i apologize. as the father of two daughters, i want tough justice for predators. the fact is, rape can lead to pregnancy. the truth is, rape has many victims. the mista...

Things out, mike, i want to make things absolutely clear, we're going to continue with this race for the u.s. senate. >> for two days, establishment republicans and tea party conservatives alike have pressured, have begged akin to please leave the race. get out of there. but akin explains on mike huckabee's radio show that his comments about legitimate rape and female bodies having ways to, quote, shut that whole thing down, will not keep him from seeking higher office. >> i have had a chance now to have run through a primary and the party people said when you win the primary, we'll be with yo...

Mr. akin was defiant. accusing the republican presidential candidate of making a bigger deal than is necessary over the comments. >> if you were in romney's position, don't you think that he may have bid this thing up and made a bigger deal about it than he needed to? why couldn't he run his race and i run mine? >> can you name one person, one member of the united states senate, you know, lot of conservatives ran, paul, jim demint, marco rubio, mike lee, any current member of the senate that has called you and asked you to stay in? >> no. our polling data says we're still up a point. >> akin a...