Associated Press: Sen. Bob Menendez said his opposition to offshore drilling is like his original vote against the Iraq war: unpopular at the time but nonetheless the right thing to do. Menendez reiterated his opposition to oil exploration off the Atlantic Coast this week while in the Garden State promoting new federal property tax relief, which he helped shepherd through Congress as part of a housing foreclosure rescue bill. The Democratic senator from New Jersey, _ who is sponsoring …