W. Todd Akin: “I know America likes to win, but I don't know that we want to do better than Hugo Chavez. That's not exactly where most…”

I knew that the party voters took a look at our hearts, understood who we were, had a chance to meet us in many, many different ways, and made the decision, and it makes me uncomfortable to think that the party bosses are going to dictate…

If an aircraft costs more to fly but is flown less by more experienced pilots in the Air National Guard component, wouldn't it make fiscal sense to put those aircraft in the Air National Guard rather than the Active Air Force?

I am a huge state's right guy, but the military is a federal thing and that is why I think it should be there.

The men and women who volunteer to serve our Nation put themselves at great risk, and we owe them a great debt of gratitude and honor.