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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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Does This Face Mean Rand Paul Could Evolve on Marriage Equality?