She was in Iraq as a guest of the Code Pink peace activists group, visiting Iraqi orphanages and hospitals.
Code Pink, whose self-proclaimed mission is to oust US President George W Bush from power, in other words "to give him his pink slip", have arranged Iraq visits for about a dozen parents in recent months.
Kerry wants to oust Bush from power, too.
Not sure I support the peace activists on this one, though. Not sure she does either, but was simply using them as a means to an end - to see her son - which seems a bit psycho to me. I mean, cut the apron strings here. Let him be a man!