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>> this is unbecomingative member of congress. it's behavior that shouldn't be tolerated. i think they know that. >> what was that internet hit? pants on the ground? anyway, congressman yoder is all but certain to keep his seat as he is running unopposed for re-election in kansas. new financial reports show that president obama's re-election team is spending far more campaign cash than they are taking in. mitt romney is hoarding money. according to the new york sometimes, obama and the dnc spent $91 million in july. they only raised $75 million in that time. the heavy spending by the obama c...

Featured today in headlines like this that did appear in a few of today's papers. congressman kevin yoder's nude swim yields an apology. representative yoder apologizes for skinny dipping in sea of galilee. gop colleagues, yoder's nude swim breaches trust. politico had the story first, posting this banner headline that's, "exclusive:fbi probed gop trip with drinking, nudity in israel." it apparently happened during a congressional delegation to israel last summer. a group of republican congressmen brought to israel by a foundation connected to a pro-israel lobbying group. and one night, some m...

Perfe perspective. >> this is kevin yoder, who has now apologized to his constituents for swimming nude in the sea of galilee. it was aan oversight or something. here we have his excuses. number ten, what's the big deal? i was naked the whole trip. number nine, it was spring break. chill out. number eight, people in the middle east are pretty easy going about nudity. number seven, in my defense i had been drinking heavily. number six, trying to take the focus off mitch romney's taxes. number five, it had been days since the congressman did something embarrassing. number four it's obama's fault...

And has stayed out of the public eye today failing to attend a scheduled event in wichita. it comes at a bad time as you can imagine for the gop. let me bring in senior political editor mark murray. may not be a bad time for yo der. obviously everyone is talking about akin and what happened there. >> that's right. saves grace for congressman yoder is the fact that everyone is paying attention to congressman akin and his controversial comments about rape. the political vultures are all circling over todd akin's head and allowed congressman yo der breathing room and romney being asked he questio...

The sea of galilee is a holy site, where it's said that jesus walked on water. it's also the scene of an embarrass incident of a night of drinking and a naked dip in the sea. more in an a dozen sources tell politico, that about 20 people enjoyed the late-night dip while fully clothed. but it was kevin yoder of kansas who took a step further by dropping his swim trunks. in a statement to politico, congre congressman yoder writes, i regretly jumped into the water without a swimsuit. it's my greatest honor to represent the people of kansas in congress. and any embarrassment i have caused for my c...