When the story of the 2016 presidential campaign is written, candidates from both major parties will be remembered by some off-the-wall things they said.
Republican Sen. Rand Paul, in a speech in the Senate, said some opponents of his efforts to force expiration of the Patriot Act "secretly want" a terror attack on the U.S. so they can blame him for it.
Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders, seeking the Democratic nomination, is on record as saying that men fantasize about abusing women and women have fantasies about being gang raped.

Freshly declared Democratic candidate Martin O'Malley is making news by railing against Hillary Clinton, perhaps hoping to distract voters from his record. For one thing, while he was governor of Maryland, O'Malley raised taxes and fees 83 times, to the tune of $8 billion.

The IRS isn't the only federal agency using taxpayer funds to put conservatives under the microscope. The Department of Justice has awarded a $585,719 grant for a study of social media use which includes research concentrating on "far-right" groups. A congressional inquiry seems to be in order.