I think that everyone was thinking the same thing when Kerry said that he married up. $$$$$$, not character, well maybe both for Kerry.
I was about to post about Kerry's utter lack of a sense of irony after he talked about "marrying up," but then he defused it with a joke--an actual joke! A self-deprecating joke! From John Kerry!
You know, I'm almost prepared to think Kerry's turning into a human being.