Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said Wednesday that although he has slightly recovered from being assaulted at his Kentucky home in November, he still feels intense pain.
"I still have pain every day, all day," Paul told CNN's Wolf Blitzer. "But I don't have ... I had the pain of 1,000 knives for about six weeks. I could barely move and barely breathe. I couldn't sleep. And so I am better than I was, but I won't say I'm back to normal yet. But I am getting better."
A former colleague of the senator's who has been his next door neighbor for 17 years, allegedly blindsided Paul in November by tackling him to the ground.
The neighbor, Rene Boucher, pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor assault during a hearing in Bowling Green, Ky.
Paul said he did not know whether the attack was "political or personal."
Over the weekend Paul said he was "living hell for the first four or five weeks" when asked how he was doing during an interview with CBS's "Face the Nation."
