A man alleged to be the campaign manager for senator Mitch McConnell said earlier this year that he was “sort of holding [his] nose” to work for the Kentucky Republican for the next two years.

Economic Policy Journal has an audio recording of a January 2013 phone call purportedly between Dennis Fusaro of the Reformed Theological Seminary and Jesse Benton, the former spokesman for Ron Paul’s presidential campaigns and currently campaign manager for McConnell. Benton, who is also married to Paul’s granddaughter, apparently tells Fusaro that he is working for McConnell’s campaign to help the other Kentucky senator, Rand Paul, in his 2016 presidential bid.