John Sidney McCain ducks CNN questions about his divorce

By GottaLaff

(Cindy McMealTicket looks particularly odd, almost alien-like, in this one)

I can't for the life of me imagine why J Sid would be reticent to discuss his cheating on his badly injured wife with a much younger, wealthier beer heiress. Remember, at the Fake Forum, J Sid said his greatest moral failing was his first marriage, not his cheating:

CNN's John King has been looking into the circumstances of McCain's divorce from his first wife, Carol, and on Wednesday's American Morning he presented a preview of the full story that will air on CNN tonight. [...]

"I was a little taken aback, because I was a lot younger than he was," Cindy McCain told King of that first encounter.

"And you lied about your age?" King asked John McCain.

"I lied," McCain agreed, breaking out in a reminiscent chuckle.

Not only was McCain 17 years older than Cindy, but he was still married to Carol, and their daughter was only 12 years old.

"The marriage was in trouble," King explains. "He'd been having affairs for several years."

Cindy told King that it didn't bother her to be dating a married man because "my husband had been separated. ... You know, six and a half years, it was a long separation."

McCain also wrote in his memoir that he had separated from Carol before he started dating Cindy. However, notes King, "his own divorce filing shows they dated for nine months while he was still living with Carol, and records show he applied for a marriage license in Arizona before his divorce was final."

When King asked McCain about the fact that "the chronology that is presented publicly doesn't necessarily match the chronology of the documents," McCain's only answer was, "It's 30 years ago. I have a happy marriage."

Cindy McCain similarly replied, "His reasons are his reasons. I think I've been a good wife."

That maverick. It's okay to cheat on a suffering spouse because he's happy now. Besides, it was so long ago! And Cindy Lou McMealTicket has been a good wife, so the lies and deceit have been justified.

See how easy it is, kids? Just follow Mr. and Mrs. Cheat's example, and you can be a maverick, too!

Conclusion: Time and happiness are healers and erase any culpability. Future presidents take note.