Sen Rand Paul (R-KY) likes to think of himself as a principled iconoclast in a party of lemmings. Perhaps the reality of his principled stands are slightly less critical than in his mind, but let's not be picky on this point. Because Paul told host Jake Tapper on State of the Union that he opposes the nominations of Mike Pompeo to Secretary of State and Gina Haspel to head the CIA, and was willing to do what it takes--including filibustering--to make it clear. "I'll do whatever it takes, and that includes filibuster.