It's an old political axiom, that the business of politics makes for strange friends. As far as Mitt Romney is concerned, Missouri Republican Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin probably isn't who Mitt had in mind to come to his defense.

Yet that's exactly what Todd Akin did this week. Check out the video below from Kansas City affiliate KMBC - and realize you're probably recoiling as much as Mitt Romney was, when he saw this.