Rand Paul actually said...

"I have news straight from sources close to the super committee that the Democrats have walked away from the table and they're refusing to talk with the Republicans about a deal. They will not counter ..."

"I think the president's calculation here is that it helps his campaign not to have a deal. So I don't think he cares at all about what this will do to people's retirement accounts on November 23rd, No..."

"Senator Rand Paul says that President Obama is not interested in getting a budget deal from the congressional super committee, only in getting re-elected."

"He should sit down with Mitch McConnell. He should come over and sit down with John Kyle or other leaders and say this part of the jobs plan that I have, could you agree to this if we did this."