A felicitous by-product of Rand Paul’s unlikely run for a United States Senate seat came to light in the last meeting between Paul and his Democratic opponent, on KET, Kentucky’s statewide PBS network: the libertarian label is back in vogue, even with Paul’s opponent.  

The debate format included viewer questions. Viewer Mary Hatfield of rural Harrison County called in to stick up for the Democratic nominee, Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway. Miss Hatfield had seen a Rand Paul commercial that she thought questioned Conway’s anti-abortion credentials.  

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