At long last, Sen. Rand Paul has decided to defy his Sith Master McConnell and will not abandon a Tea Party ally who helped him get elected in 2010.

Here’s the new ad that Thomas Massie just released in the 4th District Congressional race:

Either Thomas Massie now wins the race easily, or he loses and shows that support for the rEVOLution among the Kentucky GOP is starting to vanish. We’re betting on the former.

Here’s the question I’m more intrigued by: Did Master McConnell give Paul permission to make this ad (granting an exemption due to Old Man Bunning calling out Rand Paul as a failure), or is he going rogue? And if he’s going rogue, will McConnell retaliate, and how? And will there be woodchippers involved?

Whichever it is, be sure to check out all of the Republican candidates in the 4th District race try to claw out the frontrunner Massie’s eyes in the candidate forum tonight on KET at 8:00. Good clean Christian fetus-loving EPA-hating fun, don’t miss it.