>>I will not accept Akin when I know it will cost us the senate seat....If he does not withdraw, I will support a write-in candidate.<<
And if enough of you do that, it will cost us the senate seat, as you stated.
It is my choice to make. The seat is probably lost anyway if Akin does not withdraw.
Akin was NOT my choice of candidates in the first place. He was the choice of the Democrats that crossed party lines to vote for him. I do not owe him anything, let alone an apology.