Until the day he died,Sen.
She never told me, ‘I think John’s running around.’
It came as a total surprise to her.
I think he just fell in love with someone else.
Someone younger and bright and charming.
Sheppie wasn’t bitter about it.
“My sense was, they were continuing to be married, but his heart wasn’t in it.
My own impression was that when he met Cindy, they were extraordinarily attracted to each other.
They were both smitten.”
Still, those close to the couple felt the years spent apart had an impact.
The blame was entirely mine."
She also denied having any idea that things weren’t all right.
“He introduced himself to me and I just didn’t know what to expect.
Within a year after they met,Peoplesaid McCain had proposed.
Carol McCain never remarried.
And I was like, ‘Are you crazy?
I would never do that, you don’t know me or you wouldn’t ask me.”
Said Carol, “I mean, I love the man.
I would never do anything to harm him in any way.”
