From the cutting room floor, ABC News, continued:

20/20’s Barbara Walters: “Recently, some in the media have raised questions over your husband’s three Purple Hearts, which in the aggregate qualified him for reassignment out of VietNam…”

Teresa Heinz Kerry: “Yes, well first, let me say that I find it in remarkably bad taste for anyone who didn’t serve in VietNam to question my husband’s patriotism. John has devoted his life to public service, and to criticize him as somehow soft on defense is tantamount to accusing him of leaking nuclear secrets to the Chinese. And it was Al Gore who did that. Second, speaking as his wife, I can certainly attest to the severity of John’s battlefield injuries. Sexuality is an important component of a healthy marital relationship, and John’s injuries, as you know, have made that particular aspect of our marriage difficult to…well, sustain, I guess the word would be.”

Barbara Walters: “I see. But the injury I was speaking of involved shrapnel to the left arm, above the elbow.”

Teresa Heinz Kerry: “Oh.”

Barbara Walters: “– Yes, according to reports, it was treated with an antibiotic dressing on Dec. 3, 1968”

Teresa Heinz Kerry: “Uh huh. I see. Well, never mind, then.”