*Grmppph#@$&%bble* Cindy McCain is closer to a Stepford Wife than a Replicant -- she's a replacement for John's first model (literally), Carol, whose body was disfigured in a horrible traffic accident while John was a POW. She even lost several inches in height due her injuries. When John came home and found that his trophy wife was no longer a trophy, he began cheating on her, searching for and eventually finding a younger, slimmer, blonder, richer, undamaged version. He left the first one to endure her physical pain and permanent disability and ongoing medical treatment and emotional anguish alone.

I first heard this story a couple of months ago on a Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) talk radio station, because Carol McCain grew up there. The radio host interviewed the doctor who had operated on her on Christmas Eve into Christmas Day 1969 -- a story I found amazing because of her survival after being thrown from her car through the windshield into the snow and lying there (for an ambiguously long time) with severe injuries before being found and treated.

Here are a couple of articles about Carol's ordeal:
Wikipedia - "Carol McCain"
The wife John McCain left behind
St. Petersburg Times article

It makes my blood boil whenever I hear McCain's political commercials brag about his selflessness and his moral character. There are plenty of other stories about McCain's self-serving ways, but this one beats all the rest.