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John Kerry's brutal CNN joke

Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a knife to the heart of CNN during Saturday night's address at the annual Gridiron Club dinner, the white-tie-and-tails event hosted by Washington's most prestigious press group.

During a humorous and well-received speech, Kerry, the evening's headliner, said that CNN's John King had asked if the former Massachusetts Senator was considering another presidential bid in 2016.

Kerry's response: "I am out of politics -- and based on the ratings, so is CNN."

Kerry wasn't the only one to take a shot at the cable news network, which has suffered from notoriously low ratings for years. Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, the Democratic speaker, also riffed on the network's woes.

"You know things are bad at CNN when they say they may go to a print edition," Crist said, noting that he had been invited to appear on the network's Sunday morning show, "State of the Union."

Saturday night's dinner, the 129th in Gridiron Club history, was held at the Renaissance Washington Hotel. The 65-member club includes some of Washington's most notable reporters, editors and bureau chiefs.

Our colleague Mike Allen has the highlights from Kerry's speech, as well as those given by former Gov. Crist and Sen. Ted Cruz, in Sunday's 'Playbook.'