Key bits: The lashing Paul's getting from newspapers in his home state (belying his claims that the entire plagiarism hubbub is the work of lefty haters), and Maddow's noting that if this is how Paul responds to mild criticism during his junior senatorship, can we seriously consider him for the actually high-pressure job of the presidency? Whatever the case, watch.

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