Right, but actually winning the White House would have been nice, too

Kerry says his "botched joke" about Iraq means nothing for a 2008 run.

Published November 20, 2006 2:59PM (EST)

John Kerry was asked over the weekend if his "botched joke" about Iraq has caused him to reconsider the possibility of another presidential run in 2008. "Not in the least," he said. "The parlor game of who's up, who's down, today or tomorrow, if I listened to that stuff, I would never have won the nomination."


By Tim Grieve

Tim Grieve is a senior writer and the author of Salon's War Room blog.

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