Rand Paul actually said...

"He should have come and asked. My guess is, the debate would have been very messy, but maybe we would not have gone into Libya."

"My point is that, in determining what is in our national interest, if we have debate, then we can get to what is actually in our national interest."

"I think it is important also--and I would like to hear your comments with Assad, also, because it is the same sort of situation."

"But, I would just say, also, that even President Obama admitted, when he ran for office, that no President should unilaterally go to war without the authority of Congress."