When he ran for president in 2004, Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) rarely missed an opportunity to crack a few jokes about President Bush.
One of his better lines came after being told by reporters that Bush had taken a tumble during a bike ride. "Did the training wheels fall off?" Kerry quipped.
This week, however, he botched a Bush punch line so badly, that it may qualify as the political gaffe of the year. Speaking to college students in California, Kerry said, "You know, education -- if you make the most of it -- you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq." (Watch video clip)