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Forcible rape or was that just -- where did that come from? >> well, yeah, i was talking about forcible rape. >> now, wait a minute here. this is mike huckabee giving this congressman an alibi. mike huckabee was holding todd akin by the hand right there in that interview. huckabee introduced the words forceable rape and ackin went right along with him. that the language republicans put in a house bill trying to define the term rape to end health care funding for any abortions. the member of the united states conference of catholic bishops told congress that the term forcible rape was an effort...

Until the end. he's going to call karl rove's bluff. he's saying i'm going to stick in this. if i'm three points down, you're going to support me because the senate means more to you than the issue of forceable or legitmal rape. >> legitimate rape. the president was right when he used the word offensive today, joan. i want to bring up that obvio obviousobviou obviously the president is leading in double digits when it comes to polling in women who are going to support him. do you think the gap is going to widen because of the whole thing? >> i think so. it's clear the republican party can't ke...

>> president obama also pointed out how akin's remarks highlight the continuing war on women's health being waged by republicans. >> what i think these comments do underscore is why we shouldn't have a bunch of politicians, a majority of whom are men, making health care decisions on behalf of women. >> later this afternoon, the congressman from missouri, todd akin, wrote this on his twitter account. i'm in the race to win. we need a conservative senate. akin linked his campaign website asking for donations to defeat senator mccaskill. akin is trying to raise money off the incident, but he insi...

Becoming representative etch-a-sketch as well. they put out a statement that suddenly they don't oppose a rape exception for restrictions on abortion. but in fact, both men have vocally supported a personhood amendment, a law that would decree that life begins at conception which clearly criminalized all abortion, not only in the case of rape but in the case of incest or to preserve a woman's health or even her life. >> but this is, in a very strong manner, exposed the vice presidential candidate for the republicans because of course it's documented he was an original cosponsor when it came to...

>> no, they're not. there's no sense of this is just a despicable thing to say about a woman in this crisis. there was no talk about it, the way the president talked about it. it's all political calculus. and you know, the war on women rhetoric was starting to quiet down a little bit. we weren't talking about transvaginal ultrasounds as much anymore. i don't remember the last time i said the word vagina. it's been a while. and he came along and opened up this whole sick debate again. and i think they're going to be very sorry. >> nbc news reports that paul ryan, vice presidential candidate for...