pence completely collapses into incoherence. and all these other republican states around the country whipsaw on this issue and pull their bills and change their minds and realize they don't want to do something like what mike pence just did. in the midst of that this remarkable story. in the midst of that, every single one of the presidential candidates for 2016 who has commented on this issue has said they stand with mike pence. they stand with the unreconstructed mike pence. they stand with the bill that mike pence signed in the first place. so yeah like with this tammy duckworth challenge, mike kirk may now be blazing a new republican trail on this. but not a single one of the 2016 republican candidates with them. joining us now is ryan grim washington chief for "the huffington post." thanks for joining us. >> nice to be here. i should be clear that i don't know if rand paul has made any comments on this issue, now. i said all of candidates who have commented spoken in favor of what mike pence did. has rand paul talked about this