I swear the people who are shocked that someone drank a lot in high school, college, law school must have had some really sad educational experiences. I know we drank a ton at the schools I went to and yes, sometimes stupid shit happened when we were young. The older we got, the better it was. And there were some bad apples along the way on all sides.
I went to school with plenty of people who ended up in high politics and there is no way I think drinking a bunch when we were young impedes their ability to lead now. Some stopped drinking. Some just grew up. But, good lord, we were all young and drunk at sometime. I have even seen a sitting Supreme Court Justice doing shots and an exPresident who was drinking me under the table one night at The Palm. A future Vice President pumped a keg for me. What a gentleman.