
Rand Paul's nearly 13 hour live filibuster of John Brennan's nomination to head the CIA got support for the Kentucky Republican from some unlikely places. "He's using the filibuster the way it's meant to be used," said Jon Stewart, whose satire carries some political weight from his perch at "The Daily Show." Even some Democrats who want to end the use of the filibuster, like Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon, had nice things to say about Paul's effort, which actually targeted the Obama administration's legal opinion that drones can be used to kill Americans abroad who are involved in terrorism".