"I'm telling you, I'm not going to let these guys lie and smear, and they put their whole machine out to do it, and they ought to apologize."

That's John Kerry demanding an apology for the Republican demand for an apology for his comment about soldiers in Iraq being uneducated. Got that?

He's also, by "mutual agreement," canceling his scheduled events campaigning for Democrats who are up for reelection. Kerry's not up for reelection this year.