JOHN KERRY OFFERS EXPLANATION ON 'BOTCHED JOKE'

MASS. SENATOR SAYS 'THIS JOKE WAS NOT INTENDED TO REFLECT ANY UNINTENDED MISINTERPRETATIONS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MISCONSTRUED IN REGARDS TO THE NUANCED PARSING OF THE APOLOGY I OFFERED ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN, LEFT UN-DEBATED, A HILARIOUS JOKE'