Posted on 07/06/2008 10:04:26 AM PDT by GRAKUM
McCains X wife was with friends of mine recently at a cocktail party, as she is one of their neighbors. She totally sings his praises. She told them that she asked for a divorce due to her medical condition (private), that caused her disability. She continues to be in close touch with him and he continues to watch over her. They have a great relationship.
Yeah, I know if I was disabled and waited the whole time for my husband to come back from being a POW - I would INSIST that he divorce me & marry a rich heiress!
John and Carol McCain divorced 7 years after he returned from Vietnam.
What's the real story?
John McCain had extra-marital affairs.
The Carol and John McCain say it best in their own words:
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"My marriage's collapse was attributable to my own selfishness and immaturity more than it was to Vietnam, and I cannot escape blame by pointing a finger at the war. The blame was entirely mine." ...... John McCain
"The breakup of our marriage was not caused by my accident or Vietnam or any of those things. I don't know that it might not have happened if John had never been gone. I attribute it more to John turning 40 and wanting to be 25 again than I do to anything else." ....... Carol McCain
John McCain's biographer, Robert Timberg believes that "Vietnam did play a part, perhaps not the major part, but more than a walk-on." According to Carol, her husband's five-year captivity in Vietnam had left him wanting to "make up for lost time,"
Carol McCain .... told The Mail on Sunday in June 2008 that she was not bitter and that, "He’s a good guy. We are still good friends. He is the best man for president."
bravo lauren...i have had ra (actually jra) since i was seven years old (in a wheelchair all my life), and have a sister with the most severe form of ra that is possible. both of us will, and so will those that love us, tell you that we would NEVER give up loving relationships, nor would those that love us leave us — even at our request (never happen). to say otherwise, or as, therut, stated is nothing more than covering for a bad relationship. mcnutcase had the hots for a trophy babe, and hit the trail...end of story.
You forgot the part where Cindy McCain paid a whole lot of money to the ex.
This isn’t really a good thing for mccain no matter how it is painted.
Strange - back when they got the divorce she said it was because John turned 40 but still wanted to act 20. His replacement wife fit the new age requirement (and brought him a ton of money to finance his political career.)
I guess money talks, especially in an important election year.
I knew a woman who did the same thing for the same reason.
I’m one to believe that the part in the marriage vows about “for better or worse” and “in sickness and in health” actually mean something.
There are also NO amount of problems that could ever cause me to abandon one of my children. NEVER!
Maybe not. Maybe she also could not be happy if he did not divorce her. She and he did not abandon their children in the least. I do not know what I would do or feel I should do. I was only telling their story. She was cared for at home with 24 hour nursing. She practically had a mini-hospital at home.
“Maybe not. Maybe she also could not be happy if he did not divorce her. She and he did not abandon their children in the least. I do not know what I would do or feel I should do. I was only telling their story. She was cared for at home with 24 hour nursing. She practically had a mini-hospital at home.”
The part about not abandoning one of my kids was in response to devane who talked of having Rheumatoid Arthritis and I was agreeing that I could never abandon a child either. There are people who have given their newborns to the state because they were born with birth defects and anomalies. I could never do that no matter how many problems my child was born with.
Maybe some people believe that paying for a mini hospital in the home is a good replacement for continuing to be their wife’s life partner through sickness and health......but I don’t. What if he didn’t have the financial resources to put her up in a mini hospital? I think it’s a dangerous premise to accept that if one has money, that can replace their moral integrity and obligations of a commitment as serious as marriage or having a child is.
Amen.
I know McCain and his first wife had one child together and he adopted her other kids. Do you know which one was his biological child?
As far as Carol divorcing him, who can blame her? People fall out of love all the time. She got used to living without him when he was in VietNam. She probably compared her life then vs. life with him. It happens.
You’re correct. It’s not unheard of at all!! I know of several such situations — one in my own family. These women are/were very ill either chronically or terminally, and convinced the husbands to file for divorce or did it themselves if they were able.
People always assume the worst!
Even his current wife has lived away from him for most of their married life. He lives in Washington for most of the year, she stays in AZ with the kids.
I don't think he is an easy man to live with.
Oh, I believe that Carol thinks well of John. Did she ever remarry, by the way? Or was she unable to find a man who'd love her despite her disability?
"You’re correct. It’s not unheard of at all!! I know of several such situations — one in my own family. These women are/were very ill either chronically or terminally, and convinced the husbands to file for divorce or did it themselves if they were able. People always assume the worst!"
You don’t have to believe it but it happens to be true. I could not believe the wife with terminal breast cancer who insisted her husband get a divorce and move on. He was devastated but she insisted and he went along with her wishes. Everyone who initially heard about the divorce trashed him at once, until they heard how it transpired.
My own cousin died of terminal colon cancer at 47. In her final year (this was a very long siege) she told her husband to leave her and even gave suggestions as to which available single friends would make the best step-mom to her two young kids. Her husband did not leave her, but she had been VERY insistent.
It happens. I KNOW this happens, whether you choose to believe it or not.
McCain not only got his political start with Sugar Daddy-in-law's money, but also with his business sense. Cindy's father managed his early campaigns in Arizona. McCain hasn't really shown himself to be very bright or savvy and needed someone with knowhow and connections. Since then, his career has largely been made up of legislation designed to sell out Republicans by allowing the Dems to put his name on anti-conservative legislation.
And Daddy was smart enough to get Cindy "Marriage Insurance" via a pre-nup back when they weren't so popular. Nothing like having wifey control the purse strings to keep a tomcat husband in line.
Oh, I believe you...People hold different morals....I grew up in medical institutions where the majority of kids had been abandoned by parents that probably held similar views as you describe. It has always been my view that ‘true love’ is rare, and this conduct is proof positive.
I as well as most Freepers have heard the rumors about McCain’s divorce for yrs. It’s a private matter and since there was not a scandal I’ll leave it that way.
Just last week she told friends what a pathetic loser piece of crap I was and hoped I would suffer terribly then rot in hell.
I was proud of the improvement we had made inour relationship
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