When we first heard Hillary Clinton’s bankruptcy answer during the Nevada Democratic debate, we did a double-take.  What an odd response, we thought.  Let’s quickly revisit:

RUSSERT: Senator Clinton, you voted for the same 2001 bankruptcy bill that Senator Edwards just said he was wrong about. After you did that, the Consumer Federation of America said that your reversal on that bill, voting for it, was the death knell for the opponents of the bill. Do you regret that vote?

CLINTON: Sure I do, but it never became law, as you know. It got tied up. It was a bill that had some things I agreed with and other things I didn’t agree with, and I was happy that it never became law.

In the rush of enthusiasm over the rest of the debate, we forgot what we just heard.

But Barack Obama didn’t.

Check out his reaction:

In Reno on Friday, he ridiculed an answer Clinton gave during the Las Vegas debate about her support for a 2001 Senate bankruptcy bill that was backed by credit-card companies and strongly opposed by consumer groups. Clinton said she was glad the measure never became law. “Think about that,” Obama said. “She voted for it even though she hoped it wouldn’t pass.”

Not bad.

Source:  Extreme Mortman