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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is out with a new ad in Alaska, featuring an unusual choice of messenger: Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul.

The ad, launched Friday, shows Mr. Paul in an all-black suit criticizing Democratic incumbent Sen. Mark Begich and encouraging voters to support Republican challenger Dan Sullivan. Washington is horribly broken, Mr. Paul says. Nothings going to change when Mark Begich votes with his liberal Democrat friends 91% of the time.

Washington takes too much of our freedoms, and too much of our money, he continues. I think Dan Sullivan will get it back.

The ad, which cost the Chamber more than $1 million, will air statewide on broadcast TV and online. Mr. Sullivan, who won the GOP primary in August, has since begun to pull ahead in polls. (See the trend chart based on poll averages compiled by Real Clear Politics.)

The Chamber has already spent hundreds of thousands on Mr. Sullivans behalf.

But the choice of Mr. Paul to carry the Chambers message in Alaska is a surprising one, as the two have not always seen eye-to-eye. In past years, Mr. Paul has embraced the GOPs more conservative wing, while the Chamber has advocated on behalf of the partys pro-business establishment candidates. This summer, Mr. Paula likely presidential contender in 2016told Republican activists that the party wont win the White House if it nominates another Chamber of Commerce Republican, according to Politico.

Chamber of Commerce is fine, I was a member of the Chamber of Commerce, but a Chamber of Commerce Republican is not going to win a national election, Mr. Paul said.

But as he lays the groundwork for a 2016 presidential campaign, Mr. Paul has adjusted his messaging, making adjustments to his foreign-policy profile in particular that are bringing him more in line with the partys mainstream. A key example: Mr. Paul is backing U.S. airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, the first military action hes supported since winning election.

Blair Holmes, a spokeswoman for the Chamber, said the choice of Mr. Paul is in line with the groups strategy this cycle. This fits into our theme this year of using credible messengers in target races, she said. In states like Alaska, were focused on the independent swing vote and think Sen. Paul is well positioned to deliver a message that appeals to them.

Earlier this week, Mr. Paul also campaigned on behalf of North Carolina Republican Thom Tillis, who is challenging Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan. During the GOP primary this spring, Mr. Paul had backed the tea party-aligned candidate, Greg Brannon, and campaigned heavily on his behalf. The Chamber has backed Mr. Tillis since before the primary.

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The potential 2016 candidate for president is trying to strike an inclusive tone.

When Rand Paul was asked by CNN whether he might rethink his belief in "traditional marriage," he threw up his hands and made a strange face. And that unusual reaction sparked headlines in The Hill, Washington Post and others curious about Paul's evolution on the issue.

The Republican senator from Kentucky had been talking with CNN's Peter Hamby during a speaking tour of college campuses, where he's often asked about issues on which the GOP differs with young voters. Paul seemed to acknowledge, once again, that his party is in a political quandary on how to handle increasing acceptance of marriage equality.

Here's how CNN reported the exchange:

But can Republicans win a national election if they aren't in tune with rapidly changing opinions on the matter? He took a soft tone.

"Society's changing," he said. "I mean, people change their minds all the time on this issue, and even within the Republican Party, there are people whose child turns out to be gay and they're like, oh well maybe I want to rethink this issue. So it's been rethought. The President's rethought the issue. So I mean, a lot of people have rethought the issue."

It sounded, for a moment, as if Paul was hinting that he, too, could change his thinking about marriage.

"The bottom line is, I'm old fashioned, I'm a traditionalist," he said. "I believe in old-fashioned traditional marriage. But, I don't really think the government needs to be too involved with this, and I think that the Republican Party can have people on both sides of the issue."

"You could rethink it at some point, too?" I asked him.

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