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Both John Brunner and Sarah Steelman would have kicked Claire McCaskill’s butt in the general election and one or the other would have beaten Todd Akin in the primary if not for the several millions of dollars that Claire poured into his campaign.

Thanks to Todd Akin, we now have McCaskill as Senator for life from Missouri.

No. That's illogical and does not follow. Thanks to the GOP abandoning Akin and the influx of money you say came from McCaskill, you now have McCaskill as Senator for life from Missouri -- just as we are stuck with Lindsey Graham in S.C., one might think.

The voters abandoned Akin and for good reason given what he said. McCaskill clearly understood that the only way that she could win was if Akin was her opponent. That’s why she poured money into his campaign. It turned out that she didn’t have to do much to discredit him after the primary, he did that all by himself to her great delight.