[jpsb]

Paul's conservative ratings

American Conservative Union rates Paul at 100% conservative.
Heritage rates Paul the third most conservative in the Senate 97%
Club for growth rates Paul 100%
National Right to Life Committee 100%
FreedomWorks 100%

[SoConPubbie]

American Conservative Union rates Paul at 100% conservative. Heritage rates Paul the third most conservative in the Senate 97% Club for growth rates Paul 100% National Right to Life Committee 100% FreedomWorks 100%

You can throw out the ACU ratings, that's a trash rating agency designed to give RINOs cover.

Furthermore, his voting patterns now are not the issue, what is the issue, are the statements WHILE he his implicitly campaigning for President as THEY give a window into how he would lead as POTUS.

Taking his Libertarian/Moderate positions into consideration proves Rand Paul cannot be trusted to lead from a conservative position but will pull a Mitt Romney and do what he considers popular, not principled.

[itsahoot]

Conservative ratings mean nothing, it is easy to vote conservative when it doesn't matter and very few votes from Republicans do mater.

Unless of course you want to count voting for cloture then voting against the bill, as Susan Collins did on ACA.