Steve King follows Akin’s lead  Steve King follows Akin's lead
Steve King follows Akin's lead Associated Press  Democrats are
eager to tie Todd Akin’s odious remarks on rape to the larger
Republican Party, and to make this easier, they’ll need the GOP
to formally adopt Akin’s ideas and for some Republicans to
defend his comments.  The first step is nearly complete, and the
second got a boost from Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa).  Rep. Steve
King, one of the most staunchly conservative members of the
House, was one of the few Republicans who did not strongly
condemn Rep. Todd Akin Monday for his remarks regarding
pregnancy and rape. King also signaled why – he might agree with
parts of Akin’s assertion.    As Evan McMorris-Santoro noted, “A
1996 review by the Guttmacher Institute found ‘at least half of
all babies born to minor women are fathered by adult men.’”  And
who’s Steve King? He’s the guy who was recently bragging about
all the policy influence he’d have in a Romney/Ryan
administration.  Note, in context, Ki