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McCain Divorce Account Contradicts
Court Documents
LA Times | July 11, 2008 08:53 AM
McCain, who is about to become the GOP nominee, has made several statements about how he
divorced Carol and married Hensley that conflict with the public record.
In his 2002 memoir, "Worth the Fighting For," McCain wrote that he had separated from Carol before he
began dating Hensley.
"I spent as much time with Cindy in Washington and Arizona as our jobs would allow," McCain wrote. "I
was separated from Carol, but our divorce would not become final until February of 1980."
An examination of court documents tells a different story. McCain did not sue his wife for divorce until
Feb. 19, 1980, and he wrote in his court petition that he and his wife had "cohabited" until Jan. 7 of that
year -- or for the first nine months of his relationship with Hensley.
Although McCain suggested in his autobiography that months passed between his divorce and
remarriage, the divorce was granted April 2, 1980, and he wed Hensley in a private ceremony five
weeks later. McCain obtained an Arizona marriage license on March 6, 1980, while still legally married
to his first wife.