Scott Brown calls on Akin to resign Senate nomination

Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown, who is locked in a tight battle with a female candidate in a blue state, just called on Missouri Senate hopeful Todd Akin to resign the nomination:

"As a husband and father of two young women, I found Todd Akin's comments about women and rape outrageous, inappropriate and wrong. There is no place in our public discourse for this type of offensive thinking. Not only should he apologize, but I believe Rep. Akin's statement was so far out of bounds that he should resign the nomination for U.S. Senate in Missouri."

Brown shares consultants with Mitt Romney, who a short while ago got on the phone with National Review's Robert Costa to express disgust with the comments, which are dominating the day and prompting concern among Republicans nationally.

Maggie Haberman is senior political reporter for Politico.