FILE - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, of Ky., left, and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. appear on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Jan. 11, 2017. Paul on Monday, July 18, 2022, accused McConnell of cutting “a secret deal with the White House that fell apart,” blaming a lack of communication by his fellow Kentuckian for the failure of a federal judicial nomination. (AP Photo/Zach Gibson, File)