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Now.

About John Kerry (who served in Vietnam ya know!):

What was his obligated service AFTER leaving the USS Gridley early yo go to Swift boat school in that tough duty station at Coronado, CA?

Kerry got to Vietnam the last week of November, served 120 days, and left early (He was kicked out with a Swift boot in his a*s - as one veteran puts it - because his fellow skippers feared for THEIR safety if Kerry continued to pilot his boat alongside their's) to get an admiral's aide billet in New York City.

John Kerry then left THAT active duty station early, before his obligated duty had ended, to go run for Congress. He, like Bush, was administratively transferred to the USN Reserves, but Kerry's transfer occurred in the midst of an active war, and while trained officers were desperately needed in the fleet.

3) Was John Kerry still on active duty with the Navy when he spent time flying democratic candidates around New York?

4) What was John Kerry's required USNR service obligation? How many of those service obligation dates did John Kerry meet? When did John Kerry's Reserve obligation end?

5) John Kerry met twice with Vietnamese negotiators in Paris while still (while official US government peace negotiations were STILL GOING ON). What effect did his meetings have on Vietnamese delays in releasing fellow POW's? Did John Kerry deliberately sabotage US government negotiations while still an obligated member of the USN reserves? Did John Kerry transfer classified or sensitive nformation about the Paris Peace negotiations FROM the North Vietnamese TO the anti-war movement, including his VVAW?

6) Continuing his earlier pattern of negotiating with the enemy, John Kerry went to Nicaragua and met with the Communist government there while President Reagan (and undoubtedly the CIA and others) were actively supporting the pro-democracy Sandinista guerilla movement.

What information did John Kerry pass to the Nicaraguan Communists? How much damage to the Sandinista's did he do while opposing freedom in Nicaragua?

I have been wondering the same thing, about the end of Kerry's service.
In the Reserves, you can request to be transfered to the IRR or Inactive Ready Reserve. Those are the people who do not drill, do not get paid, but can still be called to active duty. Every reservist signs a contract that includes time in the IRR, as do the active duty. My original contract, for instance, was a 6 and 2, meaning that it included 2 years in the IRR unless I chose to continue drilling.
You CAN request to be transferred to the IRR at anytime, and it is basically up to your commander. So either candidate could have been legally released from Active Guard, to allow them to pursue their careers. But if its good for the goose, its good for the gander. Kerry can't berate Bush for doing something that he did himself.