![U.S. Senator Rand Paul Stopped at Nashville Airport, TSA Says Senator Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky, speaks to the media after departing a flight at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/rand-paul-airport.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
You know what they say: Politics makes strange seatmates.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s top political strategist, Mike Murphy, noticed the person next to him on a commercial flight was none other than one of his boss’ rivals in the 2016 GOP primary, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul.
So, naturally, he began tweeting about it.
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