IIRC Bill Clinton 92 edition was very very on message.

I remember that the press was trying to get him to admit to smoking Weed. That’s where the, “I didn’t inhale” line came from. That and a ton of questions about why he wasn’t in the military during Vietnam. I was glad that the Obama campaign put an end to that question. Hard to go when you’re 7.

Clintion had to learn, and learn fast, that skill. For all that Carville is a pissant these days, his book on that campaign was enlightening.