you are the only other person than I who thinks this is a possibility!
To have made his courts martial public would have made Kerry a MARTYR, and for Kerry to make it public, would have disqualified him from entering public politics in the 70's.
Let me ask a really simple question - if the court martial happened, and if making it public would have been to Kerry's benefit at the time, then WHY DIDN'T KERRY HIMSELF MAKE THE FACT OF THE COURT MARTIAL PUBLIC?