Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., rejected the idea that Republicans should “peremptorily announce defeat or surrender” on Obamacare funding, suggesting that the push to defund the law might produce a legislative compromise that delays the law’s implementation.

“I think [House Republicans] ought to vote to defund Obamacare,” Paul told reporters during a press conference at the 2013 Young Americans for Liberty convention Wednesday evening.

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