Rand: "I've made an ass out of myself and need to do a little damage control..." [View all]

[Sheepshank]

of course I'm paraphrasing a little. But how else does one take this?

Paul, who like Johnson was backed by the tea party during his bid for Senate in 2010, said after the hearings concluded that Clinton made a legitimate case.

"I think she has a little bit of a valid point," he said on CNN's "The Situation Room." "It's not so important whether or not it was a movie or what it was. I think what's important, though, in going forward is it not happen again."

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Paul, who like Clinton is a potential candidate for president in 2016, also explained his statement that the September 11, 2012 attack at the diplomatic post in Benghazi was "the worst tragedy since 9/11," making clear on CNN that he was referring to "diplomatic and security and intelligence" tragedies. He said his statement excluded the intelligence failure that led to the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/23/rand-paul-says-clintons-outburst-a-valid-point/?iref=obinsite