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>> others are talking about it. anyway, thank you. >> that's very kind. >> congratulations, senator klobuchar of minnesota. a great state which i know a bit about. thank you. let's go now to amy sullivan of "the new republic." amy, in your column in these -- about these two men, you wrote about mourdock and akin. you said they lost because they each made the mistake of trying to explain an increasingly common position by republican office holders, including paul ryan. it's not unusual for gop politicians to oppose rape exceptions, but they haven't had to defend that, at least not on a big st...

Each made the mistake of trying to explain an increasingly common position by republican office holders, including paul ryan. it's not unusual for gop politicians to oppose rape exceptions, but they haven't had to defend that, at least not on a big stage. when forced to explain themselves, it's not their words that alienate voters, but the idea of forcing women to carry to term a pregnancy that began in rape. as long as opposition to rape exceptions remains a mainstream exception, the gop abortion position for republican office holders, the gop abortion problem is here to stay. you know, i jus...

You wrote about-mile-an-hour you can do and akin. you said they lost because they each made the mistake of trying to explain an increasingly common position by republican office holders including paul ryan. it's not unusual for gop politicians to oppose rape exceptions but they haven't had to defend that at least not on a big stage. when forced to explain themselves it's not their words that alienate voters about you the idea of forcing women to carry to term a pregnancy that began in rape. as long as opposition to rape exceptions remains a mainstream exception, the gop abortion problem is her...

Issues, governor romney on all of these fronts disagrees. he wants to dep fund planned parenthood and overturn roe v. wade. i think this is a profound mistake. >> this is why it's so serious. roe versus wade hangs in the balance. joining me is irin carmon and laura bass set who covers women's issues for t"the huffington post". irin, let me start with you. do you think this presents a serious challenge to mitt romney appearing to look moderate on the issue of abortion? >> it's incredible because the party is so dominated like todd akin, richard mourdock. these are the people who are really runn...

This was even better. his answer on the republican party having a platform on abortion that is the same as todd akin's platform on abortion. no exceptions for rape and incest, watch. >> our platform is just a simple set of principals, there's no additional language. so to talk about exceptions or whatever is just not found in the platform. >> our platform not having rape exceptions in it doesn't mean there are no rape exceptions in it -- i know we say we're banning abortions and there's no exceptions, that doesn't mean there's no exceptions. want to try that again? when vice presidential nomin...