Wacky Man Says Wacky Thing

“I know I harp on Rand a lot, but I can’t get over the outsized influence over public life commanded by an utter nutball. If we had prominent members of Congress running around citing the theories of Lyndon LaRouche, people would freak out. That’s the situation we’re in.”
 — The New Republic

‘s Jonathan Chait considers Kentucky Senator Rand Paul’s argument that wanting to give everyone health care “means you believe in slavery.”