“I met in the last few days with Rand Paul. I spent a lot of time with him, and I’ve grown to really like him,” Reid of Nevada said in a news conference today. “Even though he has some set political views, he wants to get things done here.”

He later added: “I hope I don’t ruin him with the Republicans.”

In his conversations with Paul, Reid said he has discussed the Federal Reserve and ways to bring money that is overseas back to the United States.

“He’s a man, has a lot of very fixed ideas, and I enjoyed my conversation with him,” Reid said.