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The full McCain family in 2008. In the front row are the children with Cindy: Meghan, Jimmy, Jack, and Bridget. In the back row are his children from John McCain's first marriage: Andrew, Douglas, and Sidney.
Apr 26, 2021 · He and Cindy were married for 38 years and, at the time of his death, John was one of the leading Republicans in the country and one of the most prominent senators. The McCains had shared in...
Jul 20, 2017 · Sen. John McCain’s wife of 37 years, Cindy, flicked at their nearly 40-year love story in an emotional Instagram Wednesday night, just hours after the Arizona Republican revealed his brain...
- Charity Work, Not Political Advocacy
- Coming Out For Marriage Equality
- Trip to Calcutta Opened Her Eyes
- Throwing Political Punches
- Changing The Conversation, Scoring Victories
John and Cindy McCain met during a reception in Hawaii. John McCain was a liaison with the Navy, escorting U.S. senators. He spotted his future wife, Cindy Lou Hensley, from across the room. At her husband’s memorial in Phoenix on Wednesday, former Vice President Joe Bidensaid that it was his wife, Jill, who urged McCain to approach the woman he ke...
Cindy McCain made a high-profile debut as an activist as part of the NOH8 campaign, started to protest California’s Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in the state. That proposition passed in 2008, the same year John McCain lost his second presidential bid running as a member of a party that staunchly opposed marriage rights for same-sex...
McCain has told the story several times: She was in Calcutta buying fabric for her daughter, who was adopted as an infant from one of Mother Teresa’s orphanages in Bangladesh. As she bartered with the merchant, “I heard this clattering from underneath the floorboards of this building that I was in,” McCain said, recounting the incident in a 2014 Mc...
In March 2013, in an op-ed printed in The Republic, she even singled out the chairman of the state House Judiciary Committee for criticism by name. She said Rep. Eddie Farnsworth, R-Gilbert, “effectively killed a bill that was a small step, but a step in the right direction of protecting our children from human trafficking.” At the end of the op-ed...
McCain’s advocacy became part of a growing drive to alter the conversation around prostitution. What often was considered a nuisance crime by municipal police departments became a problem worthy of attention at the state and federal levels.The women were not criminals exchanging sex for money but victims who needed rescuing, the narrative went. “Th...
- Richard Ruelas
- Reporter
Cindy McCain, wife of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., touches his flag-draped casket during a farewell ceremony in the U.S. Capitol rotunda on Aug. 31, 2018 in Washington. Sen. John McCain's...
Aug 26, 2018 · Cindy McCain took to Twitter to express her sorrow over the death of her husband Sen. John McCain. "My heart is broken," she tweeted.
Jun 9, 2021 · In her intimate memoir, the widow of Sen. John McCain opens up about her beloved husband, their 38-year marriage and the trials and triumphs of her life. She recounts the struggles and joys of being a political spouse, relives their early years together and their journey to create a blended family, and shares how her husband’s tenacity gave ...
