"I also recall reading he flew someone to anti-war rallies while he was still in the Navy?"
The head of the VVAW (and former RFK speechwriter) Adam Walinsky.
Walinsky alter wrote Kerry's "testimony" before the Senate in April 1971.
Again, it's all in the Boston Globe's excellent profile. A lot of people would save a lot of time and questions is they would take the time to read it and bookmark it.
http://www.boston.com/globe/nation/packages/kerry/061603.shtml