It wasn’t the Giuliani moment some were hoping for, but it was a glimpse of how Rand Paul might handle his more hawkish rivals for the Republican presidential nomination.

As Chris Christie argued that opposition to current bulk data collection practices endangered the country, Paul shouted at him to follow the Bill of Rights. And he was able to do it without losing the conservative Republican audience, reminding the crowd which president was overseeing the surveillance and was the recipient of Christie’s hugs.