[Hon]

"Drudge makes it sound like something that has been going on recently (up to his announcement for presidency at least), so either he had a long relationship with her, or this is a different girl."

Yes. Except that it also said that they have been sitting on this for years.

But it very well may be another person.

Drudge says she may have worked for the AP. The Hill article says Kerry was involved with a young British Journalist, who dumped him for a member of Pink Floyd.

This doesn't sound too recent (and the Hill article is from 2003), but this might be one and the same person.

I've also heard that she has gone over seas--so she might have gone back to England.

[rocklobster11]

The woman that dumped him for the pink floyd guitarist was gin heiress Emma Gilbey, who is now married to someone at the NYT. That was during his single days when he was looking for a rich woman to support him. totally unrelated.