"Shove it." If you haven't heard it by now, you'll hear it soon. Teresa Heinz Kerry told a reporter from a conservative paper to "Shove it." Stupid? Yes. There is no need to give the GOP any more ammo to distract from the real issues. But it's not exactly at the same level as Dick Cheney telling a senator "Go fuck yourself." But that won't stop the RNC from jumping on this. And it's not like she called a reporter a "major league asshole" like Shrub did back in 2000.

Anyway. Salon's War Room blog breaks down the episode and explains the backstory for the exchange while debunking some stories about Heinz Kerry that are floating around in forwarded emails (click through the ads if you have to).