Paul was probably buggering Depape when a lover's quarrel erupted and Paul pulled out a hammer to buy silence from his lover so his gay romps don't become a scandal in the election period. Paul's handlers probably were prepared to turn a faggot fun session into a FF at the drop of a hat if it turned south and could create bad optics for the left. I bet this sort of scandal turned FF is called "The Clinton Protocol" or something like that. It's probably been used many times before.