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McCain Obtained Marriage License To Marry Cindy While He Was Still Legally Married To His First Wife.

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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-divorce11-2008jul11,0,7377021.story

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Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times

Republican
presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, walks with former first lady
Nancy Reagan. Mrs. Reagan endorsed the Republican presidential
candidate Tuesday, March 25, 2008 in Bel Air, Calif.

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.


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