Let's say that only one State decides to fulfill it's duty and protect the life of the unborn from murder while the rest of the States abandon their duty. That one State should fight to the death to fulfill it's duty. Duty to God is not defined by majority opinion. None of us will have any excuse for giving our consent as the governed in this matter.
It seems to me that Rand just wants to move on to the deck chair issues.
The converse problem is more likely imho, since D.C. is corrupted more than the states— that a few of the states will fail in their duty, and that the Federal governement (when liberals are in control) will side with them and pass a Federal law mandating that no states are permitted to do their duty. Don’t get me wrong, I see your perspective and it does have merit also, and I would also support a candidate taking that approach. I think Rand is sometimes too strategic. He is trying to focus on reducing the power of the federal government first and foremost, which requires winning elections, so he is trying to gain votes from independents and liberals to help him get elected by not being entirely honest about his core positions. I understand why, his analysts are telling him that the GOP is fighting a losing battle against demographics, but it is very risky because he could lose his base in the process.