BLACK SHEEP: POLITICO’s Katie Glueck and Ben Schreckinger report on how the PAUL campaign was pretty open about how they hoped the filibuster would distinguish the candidate.

MONEY QUOTE: From a strategist close to the Paul camp: “In a multicandidate field like this, how do you distinguish yourself? How do you break out of the pack? This is one way of doing it: Every other candidate disagrees with [you].”

BURN, SENATE-STYLE: POLITICO’s Manu Raju reports that LINDSEY GRAHAM offered this assessment today about RAND PAUL’s much-publicized filibuster. “When Rand speaks, nobody listens,” Graham said. “I didn’t listen.” Added Graham: “It would be like me speaking about eye surgery. I don’t know much about it. And I don’t think he understands the threats our country faces. So I don’t go down and give lectures on eye surgery for a reason.”