purposes. his rhetoric is generating some unwanted headlines like making this accusation against opponents. >> some of them i think secretly want there to be an attack on the united states so they can blame it on me. >> reporter: this morning, he walked that back. >> i think sometimes going after people's motives and impugning people's motives is a mistake. and in the heat of battle i think sometimes hyperbole can get the better of all of us. >> reporter: now paul is wearing it as a badge of honor that he stands virtually alone in the republican primary field when it comes to this issue. he claims that the others just don't get it. that in places like iowa and new hampshire, there are very specific voters who like the idea of the government staying out. and that being more important than national security especially in a place like new hampshire, live free or die, erin. and in fact lindsey graham is going to go there for his very first official campaign stop tomorrow. they'll test whether paul and

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