Rand Paul on his Dick Cheney/Halliburton criticism: "That was over the top and mean-spirited"

“That was a long time ago,” said Paul.

This was not true. The video was shot in April 2009, shortly before Rand Paul declared his successful campaign for U.S. Senate. Hannity had a golden opportunity to call out the candidate, to argue that he was not so far from Ron Paul as he claimed.

But the Fox News host whiffed. He let Paul walk back the 2009 comments about Cheney.

“That was probably over the top and mean-spirited,” said Paul. “I shouldn’t have questioned his motives or his patriotism.”