The American Spectator

Washington Prowler

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br> Even some Democrats are razzing Sen. John Kerry about his wife's decision to go by Teresa Heinz Kerry , even though she has never legally changed her name. The widow of former Pennsylvania Sen. John Heinz has always gone by Teresa Heinz, and has never used Kerry's name. /p>

"It's kind of like Hillary Clinton, isn't it?" said one Democratic leadership staffer. "Didn't she not use Clinton's name for a while, then tacked it on because it was politically necessary?" (Who can remember? Who cares? But someone did once author a valentine to her entitled The Seduction of Hillary Rodham.)

p>Kerry people are shooting back that other Democratic spouses have done similar things for political reasons. A Kerry staffer pointed the Prowler to John Edwards's wife, who used her maiden name for a number of years. But Elizabeth Edwards was a practicing attorney in her own right, and she changed to her married name after the death of the couple's older son, and well before Edwards decided to enter the political arena. One thing is for sure, though. Be it Teresa Heinz or Teresa Heinz Kerry, you know she'll never go by Terry Kerry. br> /p>

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Hillary Clinton, Military, Iraq, NATO