In an interview with the National Review published yesterday, Kentucky Republican Senate nominee Rand Paul — the tea party darling who recently refused to say how old the Earth is — sided with RNC Chairman Michael Steele in expressing concern about the ongoing war in Afghanistan. “It’s too simplistic to say there is never a time to come home, or that it’s unpatriotic to debate,” Paul said. But, he adds, the public doesn’t care about the war: As we turn to foreign policy, Paul says it is on this front that he finds himself most at odds with the GOP. However, he confides that he seldom talks about his foreign-policy positions, because what the voters really care about is economic matters. On the campaign trail, he says, “I’m not thinking about Afghanistan; foreign policy is really a complete non-issue.”
Paul told the National Review that he hopes that if he makes it to the Senate, there will be “room for discussion” on foreign policy issues within the GOP.
