Tancredo Breaks Pot Promise but Remains Pro-Choice - Hit & Run : Reason.com

Tancredo Breaks Pot Promise but Remains Pro-Choice - Hit & Run : Reason.com: Former Colorado congressman Tom Tancredo, who endorsed Amendment 64, his state's marijuana legalization initiative, was so sure it would fail that he made a bet with Adam Hartle, a documentarian covering the issue. If this thing passes, the conservative Republican told Hartle, I will smoke pot for the first time in my life. Amendment 64 won by a 10-point margin, and last week Tancredo said he intended to follow through on his promise. But now ABC News reports that Tancredo, "under pressure from his wife and grandchildren," is reneging.