Edit Should Republican Tom Tancredo keep his off the cuff commitment to smoke pot in Colorado?

According to Slate.com, former presidential candidate Tom Tancredo made a spur of the moment commitment to smoke pot in Colorado if it was legalized.

But now his grandkids don’t want him to, and he is backing out of his promise.

Aside from the political pageantry, what are the issues here in your opinion. What is the relative value of grand kids vs political commitments vs smoking pot? What’s right? What’s wrong? Where is the balance point?