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Cruz and Paul offered two very different answers that could provide the basis for a spirited 2016 debate.

“In my view, I think we should continue to defend the traditional three legs of the Republican stool: I am a fiscal conservative, I am a social conservative, I am a national security conservative,” Cruz said.

By contrast, Paul emphasized letting individual states work out their differences on social issues and added that the GOP should be open to dissenting views.

“I think that there really is room in the party for many different people,” he said. “I think there’s an arrogance to having absolute litmus tests.”



And right there is the difference that should define Senator Cruz and eliminate Rand Paul, should it come to such a choice.

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