Akin embarrasses himself on Employee Free Choice Act

This is pretty classic. At a community meeting this week, Rep. Todd Akin started to run with the manifestly false argument that the Employee Free Choice Act would remove the right to a secret ballot for workers seeking to form a union --- but was promptly exposed by two members of the audience:

Caught, Akin's handlers tried to shut down the challenge in the name of a "civil debate."  I guess "civil debate" means politicians should be able to say whatever they want, true or not, and the public should sit and take it.

Hotflash at Show Me Progress has the full story.