Rand Paul fires back, calls McCain 'a little bit unhinged' 
 
 Sen. Rand Paul on Thursday called Sen. John McCain "unhinged" for accusing him of supporting Russian President Vladimir Putin. "I think he makes a really, really strong case for term limits,” Paul (R-Ky.) said Thursday morning on MSNBC. “I think maybe he's past his prime. Paul also cited a Mother Jones article that used “angry McCains” to measure the Arizona senator’s calls for American intervention abroad. Paul was addressing McCain’s comments about him on the Senate floor the day before. “If there is objection, and I will note the senator from Kentucky is on the floor, and I will say before I read this, if there is objection, you are achieving the objectives of Vladimir Putin,” McCain began. "You are achieving the objectives of trying to dismember this small country, which has already been the subject of an attempted coup." He has no justification for his objection to having a small nation that is under assault from the Russians be part of NATO. “I do think that when we talk about NATO there can be a rational discussion about the pros and cons of expanding it,” Paul argued on “Morning Joe.” 
 
 “One of my favorite articles of that last couple years was one that talked about ‘the angry McCains’ and if we put active troops and got involved in combat where McCain wants us to be … it’s virtually everywhere,” he continued.
– Infighting! We got GOP infighting here! Yahoo News reports senators Rand Paul and John McCain are having a bit of a tiff this week after McCain called Paul out on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday. McCain was seeking a vote on a Senate bill—expected to be widely supported—in favor of Montenegro's efforts to join NATO. According to Politico, 23 of 28 NATO member nations have already voted in favor of Montenegro joining—but Russia is strenuously opposed to it. McCain claimed anyone who didn't support the bill would be "carrying out the desires and ambitions of Vladimir Putin." After Paul blocked a vote on the bill and left the Senate, McCain went further, accusing Paul directly of "working for Vladimir Putin." Paul responded to McCain's comments Thursday, and he didn't pull any punches. "I think maybe he's gotten a little bit unhinged," Paul said, adding that McCain "makes a really, really strong case for term limits." And he accused McCain of possibly being "past his prime." Paul justified his opposition to the Montenegro bill by saying that the US military has enough on its plate without possibly having to support the small country, the Hill reports. He also claimed NATO membership isn't supported by a majority of Montenegro citizens. Paul said being called a traitor for opposing the bill might be "a little over the top." Paul and McCain have clashed on foreign policy before, with Paul accusing McCain of wanting "war everywhere."