Daaaang, Ted Cruz came out punching hard against an attack ad by a Marco Rubio SuperPAC on his stance on the NSA.

Watch below:







In a pretty effective pivot, Cruz said that Marco was just trying to change the topic away from his support of Obama’s amnesty plan.

Rubio’s communications director says that it’s Cruz who’s changing the subject on Twitter:

On @FOXNews just now, @megynkelly pressed @tedcruz on vote to weaken US intel programs & he had no response. Just tried to change topic… — Alex Conant (@AlexConant) November 25, 2015

It’s clear that Rubio thinks taking down Cruz is his strategy for rising in the polls. But will it work? Cruz is surging beyond Marco when they were tied for third earlier: