If you can believe this, we have yet another version of John Kerry’s excuse. By my count, this is the fourth version of what he really meant to say:

Just for the sake of sweet sweet context, here’s what he actually did say to an audience of young Democrats at a rally for California gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides:

You know, education, if you make the most of it, and you study hard, and 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.