Cheeky and Sexy or Dumb/Dishonest

Heinz Kerry had been a registered Republican until Kerry, her second husband, announced his bid for the White House. Her first husband, Republican Sen. John Heinz of Pennsylvania and the Heinz prepared foods heir, was killed in a plane crash in 1991. She inherited a fortune estimated at more than $500 million.

Teresa Heinz Kerry says anger, not ideology, prompted her to become a Democrat. The wife of Sen. John Kerry, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, says her emotion stemmed from the way the Republican Party, to which she had pledged allegiance, treated Democratic Sen. Max Cleland of Georgia in 2002.

"Three limbs and all I could think was, what does the Republican party need, a fourth limb to make a person a hero?"

A better question might be, how many limbs does it take to be immune from criticism in legislative matters.

She didn't need an excuse to switch parties so she chose an issue, (or it was chosen for her).