Wow, that didn't take long. Brian Williams waited all the way until his second question to ask about the Drudge allegation that Hillary "staffers" allegedly "circulated" a photo of Obama in a turban, whatever that means.

The sole evidence that this happened at all has come only -- we repeat, only -- from Matt Drudge. Yet it's already a topic at this all-important debate.

Asked if her campaign was behind the photo, Hillary said:

"Well, so far as I know, it did not. And I certainly know nothing about it, and have made clear that that’s not the kind of behavior that I condone or expect from the people working in my campaign. But we have no evidence where it came from."

In his response, Obama, to his credit, immediately dismissed the story (though his campaign aggressively attacked Hillary over it a couple days ago). He said:

"I take Sen. Clinton at her word that she knew nothing about it — the photo. So I think that’s something that we could set aside."

So can we set it aside now, then?