Heinz says she only gives the advice any spouse would, “But from that to actually influencing policy is different. I would never assume that. If they paid me, I might.” Yipe! Are the feminists going to love that bit! The woman has over $600 million and is complaining that her husband’s campaign is not paying her, so all he rates is “cheap wife talk.” Shipman rolled Heinz’s comments on the Bush tax cut, which she called “horrific,” her statement that “Al Gore should wait for the last vote,” and her suggestion that Howard Dean had pulled a “fast one” in opting out of public financing – as did her husband (Kerry) by the way.
“She has?” Kerry stammered. “Publicly?”
Shipman said, “Oh, yeah.”
To which Kerry sighed: “Wow.” Eventually he regained his composure, and issued a resigned, “I don’t care what my wife says, and I’m not going to worry about it.” Sure, you have lots of other things to worry about, senator – like how after four terms in the Senate you’re polling behind political novice Al Sharpton.