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Eric Holder and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) may seem like polar opposites, but the outgoing U.S. Attorney General said this week that he and the libertarian-leaning senator have a surprising amount of views in common.

Speaking by phone Tuesday with MSNBC, Holder talked about his various priorities, including fighting strict state voter ID laws and restoring voting rights to felons. On the latter issue, in particular, Holder had some praise for Senator Paul: We agree on more things than people would expect.

Indeed, Sen. Paul has been among a handful of Republicans to join Holder in calling for an end to mandatory minimum sentencing laws, decrying the militarized police response to Ferguson, Mo., protests in August, and dismissing the GOP push for stricter voter ID laws as a waste of effort.

The potential 2016 candidate recently visited Ferguson for a listening session with local black leaders, a move that many consider to be another one of the his attempts to reach out to people infamously underrepresented in his party.

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Eric Holder on Rand Paul: We Agree on More Things than People Would Expect