back to "hardball." time for the side show. first rand paul, a man with a mission. the tea party senator offered up his own budget. not only does the proposal cut $five billion from the current budget, it goes somewhere republicans, even the strictest deficit hawks, are loathed to go. >> i want to be a friend to israel. i think they're an important ally. i think their per capita income is greater than probably three fourths of the rest of the world. should we be giving free money or welfare to a rich nation? i don't think so. >> cutting aid to israel, the proposal will get more attention than support. senator paul also made a stand during yesterday's vote to criminalize aiming a hand-held laser at an aircraft. straightforward, right? not to mr. tea party. senator paul was the one and only nay vote on that. his reasoning, the states ought