Republicans React to Mourdock's Comments on Rape and Abortion

USA Today:  Aide:  McCain stands by Mourdock, by Catalina Camia:

Sen. John McCain said through an aide that he stands by Richard Mourdock for the Indiana Senate.

In a CNN interview on Wednesday, the Arizona senator said he would not continue to support Mourdock unless he apologized for saying that when a woman becomes pregnant from rape, "it is something that God intended.". . .

The Hill - Healthwatch Blog:  Scott Brown rejects Mourdock's abortion view, by Elise Viebeck:

Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) on Wednesday distanced himself from Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock (R) and his view that "even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something God intended.". . .