I see nothing in the quoted text to match the sensational headline that Mother Jones cooked up. The story was written just for the headline alone.
You guys are getting played like a fiddle by Mother Jones and MSNBC, the latter of who were pushing this all day yesterday.
If every word of this was a fantasy, Paul is still on record with far to many liberal ideas/statements to be considered a conservative by anyone with an ounce of reading ability.