[highlander_UW]

I, for one, don't believe it was a botched joke. It fits well in context with many of Kerry's other comments about the military and what was trotted out as what was supposed to be the joke didn't make sense in relation to Bush given a Harvard and Yale education...unless Kerry is admitting those schools turn out shoddy students....such as himself.

[YaYa123]

watch the tape over again, and just before Kerry delivers the botched line, (omits to say "us"), he looks down at his notes. He checked to make certain he would get the line exactly right.

And watch the people standing behind him. They don't laugh, they look perplexed at what he has said.