This is hardly a Hatch Act violation UNLESS the pictures were just put up now.
If Kerry willingly posed for them, and they were put up some time ago along with other official photos, this is not campaigning - its history.
The reaction of the Republican Administration to this epside demonstrates even more that the political party which is philosophically correct on issues, totally lacks the testicular fortitude to fight for those principles against the princes and princesses of darkness in the DemocRat Party.
Yes, not by a stretch.