Despite the divorce , McCain remained on good terms with her ex-husband , supporting him in his subsequent political campaigns . She refused to discuss her marriage with an election opponent of her ex-husband in 1982 who was seeking negative information , telling the opponent that " a gentleman never would have called . " During his 2008 presidential campaign , McCain said of her former husband : " He 's a good guy . We are still good friends . He is the best man for president . " McCain moved to La Mesa , California , where she lived for several months with the family of top Reagan associate Edwin Meese . She became a personal assistant to Nancy Reagan in the fall of 1979 , working with her as a press assistant on Ronald Reagan 's 1980 presidential campaign , and then worked on the 1980 Republican National Convention . She was director of the 1981 Reagan inaugural ball , and as the Reagan administration began , she handled scheduling for the First Lady and the Reagan children
1980 Republican National Convention
1980 Republican National Convention
Carol McCain