Hillary Clinton’s camp is making a big deal out of Barack Obama’s admission to having used illegal drugs, saying that voters should give thought to such activities before picking a presidential candidate. No doubt this all has something to do with Hillary losing her 20-point lead, as polls show her tied with Obama in New Hampshire, a status that’s sure to hamper future fundraising.

This, from the wife of the man who admitted to smoking marijuana — without inhaling — back in the 1960s.

Of course, she’s since apologized for making it an issue, and now claims that it was an unauthorized statement by one of her staffers. Still, given the history of the Clinton camp making — and then retracting — “unauthorized statements”, the apology is about as credible as Bill Clinton’s hasty explanation that he “never inhaled”.

As Obama noted of Bill’s days of hitting the bong: “I never understood that line,” he said. “The point was to inhale. That was the point.”

Yep, just like Hillary’s point was to remind everyone — in a roundabout way, of course — what happened the last time we elected a presidential candidate who admitted to using drugs.