Heinz complained that Israel was being treated as "the 51st state, sort of a swing state."

In more overheated rhetoric first reported by Philadelphia magazine, Heinz called Bush supporters "our enemies" and said that if he ran his stepfather's campaign, the attacks on President Bush would get even uglier.

"We didn't start out with negative ads calling George Bush a cokehead," Heinz reportedly explained before adding, "I'll do it now."

Asked later about the comment, Heinz turned sarcastic, saying: "I have no evidence. He never sold me anything."

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