considering the several day time lapse from when this event occurred and when he voiced an opinion about it, despite the "right" opinion being obvious from the first second, it's hard to say that this wasn't a scientifically informed decision on Obama's part. Either there was a direct poll and/or focus group, or an indirect one, but it's hard to imagine that Obama walked into this issue blindly considering the time lapse
Well, true, Clinton was a straight-shooter compared to this joke President we have now, and Clinton was seen as a waffle in all of the political cartoons.