I think we will all concur that Kerry's continual obsession with this is well beyond "normal" psychologically. There is clearly something not right about the man.
Kerry's pursuit of this is wrongheaded, pointless, and counterproductive from so many different angles that you begin to wonder whether it isn't s some kind of private hell he's built for himself for some purpose we don't undertstand.
Maybe he just took too many acid trips.
Kerry has used the war hero persona all his political life. Without that, he is a shallow, pompous wind bag who has earned his wealth the old fashioned way--he married it.