Here is John Kerry’s defense of his incredibly crass remark about Dick Cheney’s daughter at the third debate: Kerry Addresses Remark on Cheney Daughter.

“It was meant constructively in terms of their love and affection for a person who is who she is,” Kerry said in an interview taped for broadcast Friday night on CNN’s “Paula Zahn Now.” “And it was entirely as an example of how people come together around these choices, entirely constructively and respectfully.”

Here’s what Kerry actually said:

KERRY:We’re all God’s children, Bob. And I think if you were to talk to Dick Cheney’s daughter, who is a lesbian, she would tell you that she’s being who she was, she’s being who she was born as.

There is nothing in there about Lynn and Dick Cheney’s love for their daughter. It’s a pure and simple, totally gratuitous cheap shot. And Kerry’s weasely non-apology only serves to reinforce what Lynn Cheney said today: “This is not a good man.”