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Update: Paul's filibuster ended shortly after this item was posted, at 12:40, just shy of the 13-hour mark. "I've discovered that there are some limits to filibustering, and I'm going to have to go take care of one of those," he said. John O. Brennan was confirmed in a 12-3 vote.
Rand Paul had a busy day Wednesday, although he only did one thing: talk. And talk. And talk. And also talk.
The junior senator from Kentucky began his filibuster of Brennan's appointment to the leadership of the CIA just before noon on Wednesday.
Speaking endlessly to stall a vote is not a tactic that has seen a lot of use in recent years, given that all you have to do to filibuster a bill these days is say, "I'm going to filibuster this"—no excessive talking required, and suddenly the majority needs 60 votes to override the filibuster.
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