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And we are back with a few more minutes with senator rand paul of kentucky. senator, earlier this week the wall street journal quoted a senior white house official who said, we don't care how long this shutdown lasts, we're winning. that infuriated speaker boehner. take a look. >> we got the wall street journal out, and it says we don't care how long this lasts because we're winning. this isn't some damn game! >> all right, and then here you are caught on an open mic with senator mitch mcconnell a little earlier this week. take a listen. >> i think if we keep saying we wanted to defund it, we ...

>> i think if we keep saying we wanted to defund it, we fought for that, but now we're willing to compromise on this, i think -- i know we don't want to be here, but we're going to win this, i think. >> senator, i brought those two things up side by side for a reason. winning, losing, battle of the talking points, dueling cable appearances. do you in washington, do all of you have any idea how totally disgusted the american people are with these antics? >> yeah, i think these are all legitimate concerns, and i think, really, we should point back to where the root of the problem is. the root of...