I hope Rand Paul plays this one right...
It should not be “The TSA dared to detain me! Don’t they know I am a member of the United States Senate... etc”
It should be “The TSA detained me, as they would have detained any one of you, if you had the luxury of refusing to comply with their ridiculous and insulting rules. I do this for you, as a public servant, to point out the unsupportable nature of the TSA policy”.
Damn media. ABC news at the top of the hour reported that he was detained because he refused screening by the TSA. Of course, that wasn’t the whole story but you wouldn’t know it by their reporting.
(just for grins, they are also giving big soundbite play to Mitt’s new ad saying how Newt was convicted of ethics violations.)