Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was interviewed by Mike Allen at Politico.com’s daily discussion of the 2012 Republican National Convention. He critiqued the previous night speakers at the convention, and the Obama campaign’s ad strategy, and previewed vice president candidate Paul Ryan’s speech. He also discussed the Missouri Senate race between Representative Todd Akin (R) and Senator Claire McCaskill (D), the lame duck session of Congress, tax policy, and other topics.