Maddow only talked about a topic that Rand was already talking about. This isn't the first time he talked in length about it. She is not the one that made this an issue, she only gave him a chance to explain himself and he only dug deeper.
And you won't convince me that you are so dense that you cannot see the difference between public and private. If you so choose to not acknowledge it, so be it. But I don't believe for one second that you don't see the difference. So play dumb all you want, I know better.
No, Paul has been trying to distance himself from his previously voiced views starting with a letter he wrote to a newspaper. It's the perfect subject to talk to a politician running for office.