We were curious to learn more why Ron Paul had his best Super Tuesday state in Montana — where he came in second behind Mitt Romney.

Here’s today’s Billings Gazette:

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney pulled off a decisive victory in Montana’s winner-take-all Republican presidential caucus Tuesday night, with Rep. Ron Paul edging Sen. John McCain for second place.

Finishing runner-up in Montana, however, counts for nothing. With his victory, Romney captured all 25 of Montana’s delegates to the Republican national presidential nominating convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul in September. …

Paul’s state director, David Hart, had mixed feelings about the results.

“Those were good results,” he said. “We were hoping to win the state, but somehow getting that many votes shows there’s a strong following for messages of freedom in Montana.”

Interesting, but still not a satisfactory answer.  Then our eureka! moment came. Ron Paul’s son Rand visited Montana, as this comprehensively long (you might want to watch for, oh, six seconds) YouTube video shows.

But Rand’s visit to Montana isn’t the story.  No, the big story is that Ron Paul has a son named Rand.

Wow. the Paul family doesn’t mess around with their libertarianism.  No sireee.  They Ayn Misbehavin’ no how!