WELL: Um, not so much. TNR reports:
"Kudos to Healy for double-checking and correcting his reporting, but the fact that Kerry said "more leaders" instead of "foreign leaders" doesn't change the substance of what he said. The "more leaders" Kerry was referring to were obviously "foreign," according to Healy's transcript...
The unmistakeable context of his remarks is that these mysterious leaders are foreign. And as Glenn Reynolds points out, Kerry has already conceded this, telling reporters on Sunday:
I have heard from people, foreign leaders elsewhere in the world who don't appreciate the Bush administration and would love to see a change in the leadership of the United States.
Given this, why in the world is the Kerry campaign arguing that Healy's correction changes anything? Stephanie Cutter told the L.A. Times, "He was misquoted. Had he not been misquoted, this wouldn't be a story." Of course it would have."
"Thou shalt not extinguish thine anger, but shall master it,
that thy conscience may not be blunted by adjustment
to wrong causes."
-The Dutch Ten Commandments to Foil the Nazis
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