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him in the U.S. Senate.”
McCain’s relationship with
Paul appears to be warmer than
the one he has with Cruz and
Amash. While he and Paul have
clashed publicly on numerous
occasions, they have also worked
together on legislation, and according to a Paul adviser, they
have a “decent relationship.”
“On some issues [McCain] sees
him as a fellow maverick, but on
some issues I think that pisses
[McCain] off, having a maverick
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against John McCain,” said the
Paul adviser, who asked to speak
frankly in exchange that he not be
identified. “I think he thinks Rand
wants his way too much, like on
[National Defense Authorization
Act] ... but I don’t think he thinks
he’s doing it just to do it.”
McCain made probably his
most public and dramatic break
with Paul this month, when he
strode to the Senate floor where
Paul had the night before waged
a 13-hour filibuster over Obama’s
drone policy, and ridiculed Paul’s
concerns as “ridiculous.” Many
Republican senators had joined
Sen. Rand
Paul with
McCain
during a news
conference
discussing
a potential
Republican
alternative
jobs bill.