W. Todd Akin: “You can say that with a smile on your face today, but that banker wasn't too good a friend.”

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.

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…

It makes little sense to be shrinking our Navy just months after the announcement of a strategy that would shift emphasis to Asia.

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.