Turns out McCain’s new running mate did a bit of pot smoking back when it was legal in Alaska.

Palin doesn’t support legalizing marijuana, worrying about the message it would send to her four kids. But when it comes to cracking down on drugs, she says methamphetamines are the greater threat and should have a higher priority.

Palin said she has smoked marijuana—remember, it was legal under state law, she said, even if illegal under U.S. law—but says she didn’t like it and doesn’t smoke it now.

“I can’t claim a Bill Clinton and say that I never inhaled.”

I’d have liked her answer better if it amounted to “I smoked pot, I didn’t like it, I don’t do it now but I don’t think other people should be arrested for it.” But even so, kudos to her for honesty.