Here's a quick blurb from U.S. News and World Report's "Washington Whispers" on Kerry as "fundraiser in chief"
Kerry Greases the Skids for 2008
If the path to the White House is paved with money and political favors, then 2004 Democratic nominee Sen. John Kerry is on the fast track to repeat in 2008. We hear that his political action committee, Keeping America's Promise, will soon report raising $1.1 million from 11,000 donors in the past three months. And Kerry will reveal that he gave over 60 percent of that to Democratic congressional candidates. "He's become the fundraiser in chief, and it gets him back in the game to become commander in chief next time around," says an associate who's helping on Kerry's '08 campaign.
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/whispers/articles/060417/17whisplead.htm