McCain should send the NY Times a thank-you note.

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peacock2121 · #26 Post by **peacock2121** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:08 am

I am wondering why there has not been a whisper of her past drug addiction.

Tocqueville3 · #27 Post by **Tocqueville3** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:29 am

peacock2121 wrote:I am wondering why there has not been a whisper of her past drug addiction.

Wow. I dint know that.

How long ago was it?

Was it legal or illegal drugs?

VAdame · #28 Post by **VAdame** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:36 am

Legal, but diverted from her own charity!

Story here (thank, UncleWiki):

In 1989, Cindy McCain became addicted to opioid painkillers such as Percocet and Vicodin.[23] She later attributed her addiction to pain following two spinal surgeries for ruptured discs[24][25] as well as emotional stress during her husband's entanglement in the Keating Five scandal of that time,[23] which also involved her role as a bookkeeper who had difficulty finding receipts of Keating-related expenses.[14] The addiction progressed to the point where she resorted to stealing drugs from her own AVMT.[24] During 1992, Tom Gosinski, the director of government and international affairs for AVMT, discovered her drug theft.[26] Subsequently in 1992, McCain's parents staged an intervention to force her to get help;[14] she told her husband about her problem, attended a drug treatment facility, began outpatient sessions, and ended her three years of active addiction;[23] a hysterectomy in 1993 resolved her back pain.[23][25] In January 1993, McCain terminated Gosinski's employment on grounds of budgetary reasons.[26] In spring 1993, Gosinski tipped off the Drug Enforcement Administration to investigate McCain's drug theft.[26] Her activities violated federal statutes, so a federal investigation was conducted. McCain's defense team, led by Washington lawyer John Dowd,[26] secured an agreement with the U.S. Attorney's office that limited her punishment to financial restitution and enrollment in a diversion program, [4][26] without anything being made public.

peacock2121 · #29 Post by **peacock2121** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:45 am

She did make a big deal about the fact that none of the drugs she "stole' were taken from people who needed them.

I never quite understood that.

He also made a statement about being horrified that he had no clue his wife was hooked on drugs.

Tocqueville3 · #30 Post by **Tocqueville3** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:50 am

peacock2121 wrote:She did make a big deal about the fact that none of the drugs she "stole' were taken from people who needed them.

I never quite understood that.

I don't understand that either.

earendel · #31 Post by **earendel** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 10:01 am

peacock2121 wrote:I am wondering why there has not been a whisper of her past drug addiction.

Nor has much been made of her husband's involvement with the Keating Five.