Sen. Bennet's elegant tirade

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., is usually a fairly soft-spoken guy. But after U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., employed a procedural move to halt a committee hearing on overhauling the No Child Left Behind Act Wednesday, Bennet made his displeasure abundantly clear. It’s a measured and elegant tirade. Here’s the video:

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