yea...no wonder she LOVES her country...

[kid a]

Cindy McCain got kid glove treatment by the FEDS for illegal possession of drugs and theft.

"In 1989, Cindy McCain became addicted to opioid painkillers such as Percocet and Vicodin.<22> She later attributed her addiction to pain following two spinal surgeries for ruptured discs<23><24> as well as emotional stress during her husband's entanglement in the Keating Five scandal of that time,<22> which also involved her role as a bookkeeper who had difficulty finding receipts of Keating-related expenses.<14> The addiction progressed to the point where she resorted to stealing drugs from her own AVMT.<23> During 1992, Tom Gosinski, the director of government and international affairs for AVMT, discovered her drug theft.<25> Subsequently in 1992, McCain's parents staged an intervention to force her to get help;<14> she told her husband about her problem, attended a drug treatment facility, began outpatient sessions, and ended her three years of addiction;<22> a hysterectomy in 1993 resolved her back pain.<22><24> In January 1993, McCain terminated Gosinski's employment on grounds of budgetary reasons.<25> In spring 1993, Gosinski tipped off the Drug Enforcement Administration to investigate McCain's drug theft.<25> Her activities violated federal statutes, so a federal investigation was conducted. McCain's defense team, led by Washington lawyer John Dowd,<25> secured an agreement with the U.S. Attorney's office that limited her punishment to financial restitution and enrollment in a diversion program, <4><25> without anything being made public."

wikipedia - cindy mccain

[TwilightGardener]

1. When you have a powerful connected husband and a zillion dollars from

your daddy's bidness, life is pretty damn good. And when that saves your ass from jail, even better.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

2. 2 spinal surgerys - sheesh

that would drive anyone to some crazy stuff!

[colonel odis]

3. the most interesting thing about this

will be to see what a non-story it becomes.

now .... if chelsea clinton jaywalked, THAT would be a big news story.

[zbdent]

4. wait ... this isn't the wife that waited and waited for McCain to return from Vietnam?

and then he divorced her after he returned?

[Mags]

5. sounds like a very painful period for her. I think it is sad.

[NOLALady]

6. It could have been sadder.

Thank heavens she wasn't from a low income family. She would have paid the price for her drug thefts.