documentary film crew along for the trip was packing up. But they wanted one last action shot -- an overhead view of the tiny Lion's Club clinic where Paul and the surgeons performed hundreds of surgeries. The crew asked Paul's aides whether it would be okay to quickly usher the surgical teams outside for a quick shot. The senator's team obliged.

Quickly, the documentary crew fired up their drone while the surgeons mingled near the front door. With the device levitating, the surgeons pretended as though they couldn't see it. Paul seemed a little uncomfortable with the staged nature of the shot, and his aides appeared nervous once other reporters on the trip stepped out to watch.

The crew was there with David Bossie, the founder of Citizens United, thegroup that successfully sued and prompted the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that corporations and labor unions can spend unlimited funds on direct advocacy for or against political candidates. He brought along his daughter and the crew and said little about his plans, other than that his footage would appear in a forthcoming film. Also there were Paul’s political ad makers, Rex Elsass, and Rick Tyler, who is a former close aide to Newt Gingrich. Where and how that footage will be used remains to be seen.

Paul’s entourage also included his 18-year old son, Duncan; his niece, Lisa Paul, who is a pathologist, and her fiancée, Wes Kimbell; his top political aide, Doug Stafford; two spokespeople, Sergio Gor and Eleanor May; and a close friend, Robert Porter, a