WP: The Separate Peace of John And Carol (In the Demise of His First Marriage...)

[Pirate Smile]

The Separate Peace of John And Carol
In the Demise of His First Marriage, John McCain's Life Seems to Have Found a New Path

By Paul Farhi
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, October 6, 2008; Page C01

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.
According to public records, he and Cindy received a marriage license in Maricopa County, Ariz., in early March 1980, four weeks before his divorce from Carol was final. A judge in Florida dissolved the McCains' marriage April 2, entering a default judgment after Carol failed to respond to three court summonses. John and Cindy were wed six weeks later, on May 17.

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But McCain has also given inconsistent accounts of what happened to the relationship. In an interview with Larry King on CNN in 2002, for example, McCain spoke about his first meeting with Cindy, describing his excitement.
"Divorced already?" asked King.
"Yes," McCain replied, although he would not be divorced for another year, "and had met with her parents, and she came to a reception, and I came to that reception, and . . . schmaltzy as it sounds, it was love at first sight, and so we started dating."
In his 2002 memoir "Worth the Fighting For," McCain wrote that he was separated from Carol when he met Cindy. But the McCains' divorce petition says the couple "co-habited" until Jan. 7, 1980, some nine months after he began his relationship with Cindy.

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

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. Bigamy is a crime!

Have I got this straight? Married to Cindy when he was still married to Carol?

According to public records, he and Cindy received a marriage license in Maricopa County, Ariz., in early March 1980, four weeks before his divorce from Carol was final. A judge in Florida dissolved the McCains' marriage April 2, entering a default judgment after Carol failed to respond to three court summonses. John and Cindy were wed six weeks later, on May 17.

[Arrowhead2k1]

2. lol, McCain is the wrong guy to try to launch a character assassination attack.

:rofl:

[Danger Mouse]

3. Reading that, I just felt sad...

:(

[CoffeeCat]

4. This is going to be a shit week for McCain...

The truth hurts, asshole!

See, we don't need opposition researchers, digging into anything.

All we have to do is tell the truth about this revolting loser. It's all there in the
public documents.

The man is trash.

[quiet.american]

5. Amen, TwoSparkles. nt

[dkf]

6. It is weird though that this is finally coming out in the Wapo.

I don't know what took so long.

[ecstatic]

7. PLEASE let this capture a major network's attention...........

one can only hope.

[usregimechange]

8. How could he do that?