“We have legislation called the full faith and credit act and it tells the president, you must pay the interest on the debt. So this is a game. This is kind of like closing the World War II Memorial. They all get out on TV and they say, we’re going to default. They’re the ones scaring the marketplace.” — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Oct. 6 Rand Paul: Sequester's the law of the land

Sen. Rand Paul said Sunday "the one thing" he could not accept as part of a deal to end the government shutdown is an increase in the sequestration caps.

"It's funny," the Kentucky Republican said of Democrats. "They're all about Obamacare being the law of the land, but so's the sequester. If we exceed that, it's real big step in the wrong direction."

"I can't imagine you're going to get Senate Republicans to vote for something that exceeds the sequester caps," he said on CNN's "State of the Union." I think it's a huge mistake for the country." The No. 1 concern for the country is its debt, he said.

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"Compromise is in the eyes of the beholder," he said.