Sen. Claire McCaskillClaire Conner McCaskillMcCaskill on Ocasio-Cortez: ‘I’m a little confused why she’s the thing’ McCaskill: GOP senators privately say Trump is ‘nuts’ Overnight Defense: Trump orders Pentagon to create Space Command | White House signals it wants to avoid shutdown | Judge delays Flynn sentencing MORE (D-Mo.) said early Thursday that Todd Akin would be the "perfect" running mate for presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump's approval holding steady in poll, despite shutdown drama Trump huddles with Pence, Mulvaney, Kushner as shutdown hits one week Trump jokingly congratulated acting EPA chief on not acting like Pruitt: report MORE.

"I've got a great idea that I thought about last night. I've figured out who Donald Trump's vice president should be," McCaskill said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."

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"At least he learned how to apologize. He's got political experience. And that would be Todd Akin," she said.

"The perfect vice president for Donald Trump," she continued.

McCaskill faced off against Akin, a former Republican representative from Missouri, in her 2012 Senate run.

Akin at the time said abortions wouldn't be necessary for rape victims, noting that if it's "legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut the whole thing down." His remarks gained national attention and he lost his race.

During the MSNBC interview, McCaskill also said she was not interested in running with presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonTrump's approval holding steady in poll, despite shutdown drama House GOP probe into FBI, DOJ comes to an end Dershowitz: 'It's been harder for me to get on anti-Trump networks' like CNN MORE. 

The Missouri senator has attacked Trump in the past, calling him earlier this week a "buffoon" undeserving of the presidency.

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