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A Dead, Irrelevant Horse

While the press is busy rubbing their nipples about how, or whether, this Edwards situation will effect Democrats in November, I think it’s important to remember John McCain (you know, one of the people actually still in the race) dumped his first wife to marry Cindy Hensley (now Cindy McCain) the zillionaire beer distribution heiress (she’s the one who paid for their 8 mansions). McCain was 43 at the time, Cindy was 25.

Did I mention McCain’s ex-wife Carol was the one who waited for him those 5½ years he was a P.O.W. and that he left her shortly after she was diagnosed with cancer in a disfiguring auto accident? (You can’t make this stuff up.)

After a whirlwind courtship, John asked Cindy to marry him. But there were some details to clear out of the way.

McCain needed a divorce from Carol, his wife of 14 years from whom he was separated. After McCain’s dramatic homecoming from Vietnam, the couple grew apart. Their marriage began disintegrating while McCain was stationed in Jacksonville. McCain has admitted to having extramarital affairs.

And more recently, there’s that whole unresolved matter regarding an inappropriate relationship with Vicki Iseman, that got swept under the rug a couple months ago.

P.S. I don’t think any of this should really matter, and frankly, I don’t think it’s any of our business. But I think it’s something important to keep in mind if the press decide to continue beating this irrelevant horse heading towards the Democratic convention, and whether they continue to ignore the stronger implications for McCain.