Congressman Todd Akin (R-MO) on Mike Huckabee's radio show

Todd Akin just now on Mike Huckabee's radio show: "I want to make things absolutely clear: we are going to continue this race for the United States Senate."

Thanks, Todd.

Akin—with Huckabee's help—is really doubling down on his anti-abortion views. He says he didn't mean to offend anyone, but he is standing by his views. "It's the whole significance of the idea that our creator blessed us with life," Akin says. So he's staying in, and making abortion a centerpiece of his campaign.

Akin is citing PPP's survey showing him up by one point as part of the reason he's staying in.

"I misspoke one word in one sentence," says Akin, asking if "there is no justice here."

Part 1 of Aiken's interview with Huckabee is now at the top of the post.

Here's Part 2 of Aiken's interview: