This is, I imagine, (another) one of very many Republican press releases we’ll see today:

House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) called on Senator John Kerry (D-MA) to apologize to the men and women serving in the U.S. military for the insulting and disparaging comments he made yesterday. Boehner issued the following statement: “Senator Kerry’s comments were disrespectful and insulting to the men and women serving in our military. These Americans who are risking their lives in the fight against terrorism in Iraq deserve better than to have their service demeaned by a United States Senator. Our soldiers need John Kerry’s support, yet John Kerry offers nothing more than disparaging commentary. “John Kerry should apologize and Democrat candidates across the country should publicly denounce them and demand that Senator Kerry apologize to the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces serving in Iraq.” Yesterday, Kerry belittled the educational level of American troops when he told a gathering of students: “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. And if you don’t you get stuck in Iraq.”

If I were a Democrat, I’d be denouncing Kerry’s remarks, loud and immediately.