GOP calls for Akin’s resignation despite similar rhetoric in the past

Republicans are calling for Rep. Todd Akin to drop out of the Missouri Senate race, but it looks like what they’re mad about is something they’ve supported as well, including current VP candidate Paul Ryan. MSNBC’s Alex Wagner and the NOW panel – author Kurt Andersen, Politico’s Glenn Thrush, Chicago Sun-Times’ Lynn Sweet, and New York Magazine’s John Heilemann – discuss.Aug. 21, 2012