Paul has been the surrender monkey on this issue for weeks. He is not helping anymore than Roberts helped defeat Obamacare, as many here believed.
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Rand Paul backs Ted Cruz on Obamacare
9/24/13 5:36 PM EDT Updated: 9/24/13 7:10 PM EDT
"Rand Paul is standing with Ted Cruz.
The Kentucky GOP senator will oppose a vote to end debate later this week on a House-passed spending bill, which includes a provision defunding Obamacare, a spokeswoman said. Cruz (R-Texas) is urging Republican senators to halt the bill procedurally later this week to prevent Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) from removing the Obamacare provision and pushing a clean spending bill back to the House this weekend.
“Personally it’s not a good a idea to shut down the government. It’s also though, not a good idea to fund Obamacare,” Paul said aside Cruz.
But in backing Cruz, Paul will vote opposite Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, his state’s senior senator. "
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http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/rand-paul-ted-cruz-obamacare-97296.html