I seldom cut and paste but this is an interesting read I think. And adds depth to the McCain family. Sorry for the length. John
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> Cindy McCain, Senator John McCain's Better Half
> INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY Posted 5/1/2008 Election
> 2008: Cindy Hensley McCain has been disparaged as a trophy
> wife, a Barbie, an heiress with fancy purses, even the
> Paris Hilton of politics. But there's more to the
> picture than meets the eye. Yes, Mrs. McCain is the
> perfectly coifed blonde standing dutifully behind the
> senator during his speeches. And yes, she wears stylish
> clothing and carries a Prada purse. And it's true she
> doesn't say much. But feminist critics who write her
> off as a "stand-by-your-man" shrinking violet
> are selling her short. In many ways, Cindy McCain stacks up
> sturdier than Hillary Clinton or Michelle Obama. And
> she'd make a more impressive first lady. While
> Obama's wife has been hating America, complaining about
> the war and undermining our troops serving in Iraq and
> Afghanistan, McCain's wife has been worrying about her
> sons who actually are fighting or planning to fight in the
> war on terror. One, in fact, was until a few months ago
> deployed in Iraq during some of the worst violence. You
> don't hear the McCains talk about it, but their
> 19-year-old Marine, Jimmy, is preparing for his second tour
> of duty. Their 21-year-old son, Jack, is poised to graduate
> from Annapolis and also could join the Marines as a second
> lieutenant. The couple made the decision not to draw
> attention to their sons out of respect for other families
> with sons and daughters in harm's way. Cindy also says
> she doesn't want to risk falling apart on the campaign
> trail talking about Jimmy who was so young when he enlisted
> she had to sign consent forms for his medical tests before
> he could report for duty and potentially upsetting parents
> of soldiers who are serving or have been killed. The
> McCains want to make sure their boys get no special
> treatment. Same goes for their five other children,
> including a daughter they adopted from Bangladesh.During a
> visit to Mother Teresa's orphanage there, Cindy noticed
> a dying baby. The orphanage could not provide the medical
> care needed to save her life. So she brought the child home
> to America for the surgery she desperately needed. The baby
> is now their healthy, 16-year-old daughter, Bridget. Though
> all seven McCain children including two Sen. McCain adopted
> from his first marriage are supportive of their father,
> they prefer their privacy to the glare of the campaign
> trail. Another daughter, Meghan, 23, helps him behind the
> scenes. Cindy McCain not only cherishes her children, but
> also her country, which in an election year filled with
> America-bashing, is a refreshing novelty. She seethed when
> she heard Michelle Obama's unpatriotic remarks that she
> only recently grew proud of America. "I am very proud
> of my country," Mrs. McCain asserted. She also may be
> tougher than the other women in the race. While Hillary
> thinks she's come under sniper fire on mission trips
> abroad, Cindy has actually seen violence. She witnessed a
> boy get blown up by a mine in Kuwait during a trip with an
> international group that removes land mines from war-torn
> countries. Mrs. McCain also is a hands-on philanthropist.
> She sits on the board of Operation Smile, which arranges
> for plastic surgeons to fix cleft palates and other birth
> defects. She also has helped organize relief missions to
> Micronesia. During a scuba-diving vacation to the islands,
> Mrs. McCain took a friend to a local hospital to have a cut
> treated. She was shocked, and saddened, by what she saw.
> "They opened the door to the OR, where the supplies
> were, and there were two cats and a whole bunch of rats
> climbing out of the sterile supplies," she recalled.
> "They had no X-ray machine, no beds. To me, it was
> devastating because it was a U.S. trust territory." As
> soon as she returned home, she arranged for medical
> equipment and teams of doctors to be sent to treat the
> island children. Michelle Obama may contribute to CARE,
> which fights global poverty and works to empower poor
> women. Cindy sits on its board. While the Democrat women
> talk about helping the poor and needy, Cindy McCain
> actually rolls up her sleeves and does it. Who's the
> out-of-touch elitist?
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