Here is one of the many articles available that references Kerry's claim that foreign leaders wanted him, rather than Bush, as the next president:

Kerry on defensive on 'foreign leaders' claim

Just google it, and you'll find plenty of articles about it.

It was quite an extraordinary claim for a presidential candidate of either party to make, just like his "secret plan" claim last Sunday on the talk shows, for ending the Iraq war, was extraordinary.

He clearly stepped in some shit with those statements, as his subsequent backpeddling, "clarifications", etc demonstrates.