By the time he ended his nearly 13-hour filibuster around 1 a.m. Thursday morning, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., had turned his opposition to John Brennan's nomination to the CIA into a rallying point for Republicans.From the New York Times:At a certain point, as the hour edged closer to midnight, participating in the filibuster seemed to become the gold standard among Senate Republicans, with a parade of Republican senators — Jeff Flake of Arizona; Ron Johnson of Wisconsin; Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader in the Senate; and Tim Scott of South Carolina — emerging for the first time to show their support for Mr. Paul’s cause, not to mention the C-SPAN cameras.Continue Reading... … Read More
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