It definitely applies to the LH, possibly to some (but definitely not all) other cars. In contrast to the inner bushing that pivots perpindicular to the long axis of the tie rod on the LH car, rack & pinion steering cars I had in the past had axially oriented ball joints going into the rack from the tie rods - unlimited rotation at the rack joint, so no binding possible. With the LH design, those bushings fix the orientation of the tie rod on rack (inner bushing) end. The other end (outer end) has a limited rotation (around the tie rod length axis), so if the alignment guy biases it all the way over in one direction, you get the stress/binding that crushes and severely wears the bushing when the steering wheel is turned from lock to lock and the tie rod geometry changes (forcing some small but definite rotation of the tie rod about the length axis).
HTH
Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address with the letter 'x')