? Spouse: Carol Shepp;

? Occupation: Model

? Married: July 3rd, 1965 in Philadelphia, PA.  

? Divorced: April 2nd, 1980



John McCain and Carol Shepp met in 1964 while he was at the
United States Naval Academy in Annapolis. Carol Shepp had been
married to and was divorced from one of McCains classmates at
the academy and had two children.  John McCain adopted her two
sons soon after the wedding and daughter Sidney was born in
1966. A year later, McCain was sent to Vietnam as a bomber
pilot on an aircraft carrier, was captured and became a POW. 
Carol would not see him again for almost six years. 


McCain with wife Carol Shepp upon his return from Vietnam
March 14, 1973 


On Christmas Eve 1969 Carol Shepp McCain was in an automobile
accident and thrown through her car's windshield sustaining
serious injuries included crushed legs, broken arm and pelvis,
and internal bleeding.  Despite her condition and caring for
three young children, she refused to allow her POW husband to
be notified, fearing that the news would affect him while he
was still being held prisoner. When McCain returned home in
1973, he found that his wife was a different person. The
accident had "left her 4 inches shorter and on crutches, and
she had gained a good deal of weight."

McCain started having extramarital affairs after returning
from Vietnam, divorced Shepp in 1980, and he married his
millionaire mistress, Cindy Lou Hensley, the following month.


___________________________________________________________

? Spouse: Cindy Lou
Hensley;

? born: May 20, 1954 in Phoenix, Arizona

? Occupation: Chairwoman of Hensley and Company board of
directors.  Hensley and Company financial reports show Cindy
McCain?s assets worth at least of $28 million.

? Married: May 17, 1980 



Cindy Lou Hensley McCain

McCain met Cindy Hensley in 1979 at a military reception in
Honolulu, Hawaii.  Hensley was an attractive 25-year-old woman
from a very wealthy and politically connected Arizona family.
Cindy's father founded Hensley and Company, the nation's
second-largest Anheuser-Busch distributor.
John McCain noted "She was lovely, intelligent and charming,
17 years my junior but poised and confident. I monopolized her
attention the entire time, taking care to prevent anyone else
from intruding on our conversation. When it came time to leave
the party, I persuaded her to join me for drinks at the Royal
Hawaiian Hotel. By the evening's end, I was in love."


John and Cindy McCain Wedding - May 17, 1980


		

? Spouse: Michelle LaVaughn Robinson;

? She was born on January 17th, 1964

? Occupation: Vice president of community and external affairs
at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

? Married Barack Obama: October 18, 1992 in Chicago,
Illinois.




Michelle LaVaugh Robinson Obama