It might be added that he appears to have resigned from the organization at that time. But did he? Is there any record of his formal resignation, or did he just quietly cease attending meetings?
Also, several earlier threads, I think posted some months ago and probably last year, said that the New York Times continued to refer to Kerry as an officer of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, and that Kerry seems to have done nothing to contradict these stories. Did Kerry tell the Times that he had resigned, or did he continue to benefit from the political chic of being a muckamuck in an antiwar organization?
I am giving him the benefit of the doubt that he designed his leadership position there. He did, however, appear at VVAW events afterwards.