U.S. House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has made a not-too-bold prediction.

The Benghazi tragedy of Sept. 11, 2012 will bedevil former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s expected bid for the presidency in 2016, said the Texas Republican.

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/hillary-clinton-michael-mccaul-benghazi-91660.html?hp=l6

Uhhh, let me think about that one for a minute.

Yep, I’m sure it will haunt HRC. Why? Because congressional Republicans such as McCaul will ensure that it does.

Clinton was secretary of state when the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya came under siege on the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. Four people died in the battle, including the American ambassador to Libya. Clinton has been pounded by GOP critics for all kinds of things real and/or imagined. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said he would have fired Clinton had he been president at the time.

It’s turning out, though, that the Benghazi tragedy produced a massive misjudgment at many levels, but it doesn’t constitute the kind of Watergate-style treatment that it’s been getting. There doesn’t to appear to have a cover-up or any other criminal activity, as McCaul and other leading congressional Republicans are suggesting.

Clinton is considered to be the prohibitive favorite to be the Democrats’ presidential nominee in 2016. She’s expected to decide by sometime in 2014 whether to make the run.

So, I’m quite sure Chairman McCaul is right that Benghazi will haunt her – and he’ll do his level best to scare up the ghosts.