According to the New York Post, Kerry is quoted in a Rolling Stone interview as saying:

“I voted for what I thought was best for the country. Did I expect Howard Dean to go off to the left and say, ‘I’m against everything’? Sure. Did I expect George Bush to f – – – it up as badly as he did? I don’t think anybody did,”

I’m not offended at all by the word, but it seems unlikely to increase the number of voters who think he’s the best man to represent the U.S. in the world.

I think the article is wrong to call this language “X-rated”, though. It’s R-rated, isn’t it?