Arnie displays tin ear

Not that Arnie is very good at the political game on most occasions, but this statement on steroid use shows an obscene lack of forethought:

"I have no regrets about it, because at that time, it was something new that came on the market, and we went to the doctor and did it under doctors' supervision."

Dude, despite the caveats (which I think are kinda lame anyway, more on that in a sec), you have to know that "I have no regrets" is what will be on all the headlines and shows. You don't want kids to do the same thing, but that's pretty much what they are going to hear. Plus, consider the timing with all the problems in baseball, the Olympics, and elsewhere. I mean, come on... BALCO is in your own state!

Now, about the caveats on it being legal at the time... don't you think that there are a few smokers out there with regrets for smoking even though nobody thought it was bad for you for quite some time? Would this sound good if it was from a racist? (Segregation was legal at the time, so I was big into enforcing it!). Social/legal acceptability is rarely a safehaven for generating sympathy even if it occasionally provides some explanation for your actions...