Interesting quote from the man who could have been President

John Kerry has put his foot in it again. Speaking at a rally for CA Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides recently, Kerry was trying to make some sort of point about the value of education. Instead:

You know, education, if you make the most of it, if you study hard and
you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, uh, you, you can do
well. If you don’t, you get stuck in Iraq.

Listen, I voted for the guy. But seriously, how politically tone-deaf do you need to be to make a comment like this, right before the stinking election?