In a remarkable interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer following Thursday night’s presidential debate, Marco Rubio’s campaign spokesman, Alex Conant, admitted that the 2013 Gang of Eight bill, which Rubio co-authored and ushered through the Senate, did not secure the border first. In the Friday interview, Blitzer pressed Conant on whether in 2013 Sen. Rubio “called up the [former] Florida governor [Jeb Bush] and asked him for his support for a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants in the United States.” Conant dodged the question twice, refusing to directly answer whether Rubio had called Governor Bush to ask for him to endorse the 2013 amnesty bill. Rubio’s bill, unlike Jeb’s book, pushed citizenship for illegal aliens of all ages. In the course of dodging the question, Conant declared: “When Marco Rubio is President we’re not going to pursue a Gang of Eight style legislation. Instead we’re going to secure the borders first.” Conant’s declaration represents a remarkable admission from the Rubio team. In 2013 Rubio repeatedly assured voters and conservative opinion makers that his bill would secure the border first. To this day, Rubio’s website declares that the Gang of Eight bill is “the toughest border security & enforcement measure in U.S. history.” In 2013,