Sources: Akin Refused GOP Calls

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But Senate candidate insists he is "standing on principle."

Published Aug. 22 2012 9:00AM EDT

cheats/2012/08/22/sources-akin-refused-gop-calls/todd-akin-rejected-calls-from-gop-cheat_asik2c — Christian Gooden, St. Louis Post-Dispatch / MCT / Landov

This is a whole new world of going rogue. Embattled Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin said on Wednesday that Paul Ryan personally called and told him to him step aside.

Sources: Akin Refused GOP Calls

But Senate candidate insists he is "standing on principle."

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