Using the phrase "regime change" in this fashion is profoundly offensive. It trust it will be found as such by the voters, should Kerry be the Dem nominee.
In using "regime change," he mocks the efforts our young men and women are undertaking on our behalf and on behalf of freedom in general, at the risk of their lives. And he implicitly compares President Bush to Saddam.
My guess is he'll be very sorry he ever used that phrase in such a context. I hope there's video tape of the remarks; it could come in handy in October and November of 2004.
More like January, IMHO. The other RAT candidates will not hesitate to use this to take him out.