Monday, Mar. 1, 2004 10:40 AM EST
Teresa Heinz Still Shunning Kerry Name
Though reporters have been referring to Sen. John Kerry's wife as Teresa Heinz Kerry for months, the prospective first lady admitted Sunday that the "Heinz Kerry" moniker is just a campaign ruse.
"My official name is still Teresa Heinz," she told the Los Angeles Times.
What about her reported decision last year to add the Kerry suffix, and the fact that she's identified in her official campaign biography as Teresa Heinz Kerry?
That's just "political stuff," Mrs. Heinz huffed, while in the midst of signing campaign posters using the "Heinz Kerry" name.
"If I only put 'Teresa Heinz' it would be 'Why?' And 'Ya ya ya,'" she complained. "My official name [Teresa Heinz] is my official name, and I wouldn't change one iota."
To bolster her case, Mrs. Heinz invoked other female relatives of her husband who declined to take the Kerry name, explaining, "His married sister has her maiden name. His sister-in-law married to his brother has her maiden name.
"It really isn't a big deal," she insisted
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