No - and they skipped over his run for Congress that he lost in '70 - his reason for getting out of the military superfast.
Can you imagine all the hard work it took to get Kerry's kids to accept their new mom?
"Dad, I'm not so sure I like your new wife."
"She has a billion dollars."
"Where's my new mom? I love her so much! I want to hug her right now!"
He used a Congressional run as his excuse for an early out, but HE DIDN'T RUN. He worked on a campaign. He ran another year. Lost, when brother Cameron was caught breaking in to opponent's headquarters. Kerry called it a pre-emptive action. You'll find this in the Boston Globe series, 1996.