The Separate Peace of John And Carol

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100502589.html

"In early 1980, John McCain was a man in transition -- and in a hurry.

Nine months earlier, at a cocktail reception in Hawaii, he met a glamorous young heiress named Cindy Lou Hensley and, by all accounts, fell instantly in love. McCain spent months flying from Washington to Arizona pursuing this new relationship. Soon, the 43-year-old naval attache and his 25-year-old sweetheart were engaged.

There was only one complication: McCain was still married.

Carol Shepp McCain, then 42, had endured much in more than 14 years of marriage to John. She had raised their three young children alone while her husband languished in a North Vietnamese prison camp for 5 1/2 years. Her tribulations grew immeasurably after a near-fatal car accident that immobilized her for months and left her scarred for life. Despite their reunion and physical rehabilitation, by the late 1970s the McCains' marriage had begun to crack, as John engaged in what he later termed "dalliances" with other women.

Now it was being torn apart by his relationship with Cindy Hensley. McCain didn't hesitate in bringing his marriage to a swift end. "

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1. AWESOME! Check out the date!

I was afraid this might be from the 2000 election or something, since the MSM seems to have been totally ignoring this sordid aspect of his life this time around, but NO! It's tomorrow's paper!
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From the Washington Post's mouth to the rest of the country's ears!!!!!!

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2. As soon as I saw it I knew it was gold!

The first few paragraphs in particular are very damaging to John McCain's image.

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3. I guess WAPO will be nongratis like NY Times huh? Pass some

of that popcorn.

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4. Here ya go:

As you can see, I have enough to share. :rofl:

On another note, I find it kind of disturbing how the media are treated by politicians as if the first amendment is a privilege and not a right. I guess that as long as it's media for profit, this will always be the case.

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5. Why should she complain? Cindy paid her off.

She got custody of the kids, two houses, and medical care for life, among other things.

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In the divorce's immediate aftermath, however, there were clearly hard feelings. Neither Carol nor the McCains' three children -- Doug, Andy and Sidney -- attended John and Cindy's wedding. Andy, who is John and Carol's second-eldest child, didn't meet the second Mrs. McCain until years later. According to Bookbinder, Carol has never met Cindy.

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6. Some DU'er made a comment yesterday that Ross Perot helped Carol when McAnus left her. Any truth to

that??