My apologies , I just read transcripts of Paul Begala and Stephanie Cutter making references to 'The Pet Goat' story: so I guess "talking points" are only uttered by the minions of the candidate and not the candidate himself.
It's not just the Kerry sockpuppets. Kerry himself took a direct swipe at Bush regarding "My Pet Goat." I've got the quote somewhere, will try and track it down. Essentially, he was saying that he wouldn't have sat around for 7 minutes had he been president on 9-11.