Guess who has come out with his own spirited defense of Todd Akin (R-12th Century).

Mike Seaver (aka Kirk Cameron).

One defender? Kirk Cameron. The child-star-turned-evangelist was on CNN this morning discussing the remarks, and Cameron encouraged people to watch the whole video (which you can here) and then said, “[Akin] is clearly a pro-life advocate and I respect him. He said that he misspoke and that he misphrased something and that he apologized.”

Rep. Akin released a statement after the interview saying he “misspoke,” but hasn’t backed away from his remarks. Despite calls on Akin to get out of the Missouri Senate race, so far he’s staying in.

“I’m the kind of person that believes that I would like to be evaluated by my entire career and my entire life, not two words that I would misspeak and then later apologize for,” Cameron told CNN. “So he’s in a tough spot.”

He didn’t misspeak. He didn’t misphrase anything. Akin said exactly what he thought. He believes that there is such a thing as legitimate rape - and his prior history about trying to impose restrictions for forcible rape are proof that this is part of what Akin actually believes.

In other words, if we go by what Akin has said and done over his entire political career - these words that Akin claims was a misspeak aren’t. Akin meant exactly what he said. He just realized too late the political ramifications of what he said and how it will turn into a mess for him and the rest of the GOP going into November (well, not really since he’s still in the race and may have a shot at winning the Senate seat precisely because of his views on rape and abortion and his constituency).

Cameron is right in one respect though- Akin is in a tough spot, along with the rest of the GOP that has wholly subsumed the so con agenda.