Tea Party Firestorm

Republican Kentucky Senate Candidate Rand Paul is criticizing federal disability law. The tea party activist and son of Congressma Ron Paul says he believes both the Americans with Disabilities Act is an example of the federal government exceeding its authority. Here's a quote from an interview he gave to National Public Radio.

“I think a lot of things could be handled locally. I think if you have a two-story office and you hire someone who’s handicapped, it might be reasonable to let him have an office on the first floor rather than the government saying you have to have a $100,000 elevator. And I think when you get to the solutions like that, the more local the better, and the more common sense the decisions are, rather than having a federal government make those decisions.”

Kentucky Attorney General and Democratic nominee Jack Conway told CNN that Paul's view on ADA as a "very callous" and "outside of the mainstream."