What kind of life partner has John been? How will women voters judge him?
Art Streiber for Newsweek (Photo of Cindy) Suddenly everyone is taking an interest the presidential candidates’ wives. Newsweek, for example, published an intriguing profile of John McCain’s wife Cindy in its June 30 issue. In a nutshell, Cindy comes across quite well — as a maverick and independent operator in her own right. She flies planes, heads a large company, adopted a needy child from Mother Teresa’s orphanage. She appears as decisive, wealthy, powerful, but a woman with heart. That contrasts starkly with what the public has seen of Cindy Hensley McCain up to this point in the campaign — the image of a rather silent partner with a frozen smile posing on stages and navigating airport tarmacs at her husband’s side. Cindy really only grabbed reporters’ attention once, by contrasting her own patriotic feelings with those of Michelle Obama, whose remarks on the subject had sparked controversy. And there were some stories about her recipes. The Newsweek profile should be read in fu
