Life in the spotlight for the wives of the candidates may play a number of roles . For Sen. John McCain the attacks could come on two fronts - confined not just to his current spouse , the striking , elegant heiress Cindy Hensley McCain , but those rooted in his own marital history and the other Mrs. McCain before her - Michelle Obama has been portrayed as angry , negative and unpatriotic . Heiress Cindy McCain is the president 's second wife . McCain left his first wife , Cindy Shepp , after returning from Vietnam .
Life in the spotlight for the wives of the candidates may play a number of roles . Michelle Obama has been portrayed as angry , negative and unpatriotic . Heiress Cindy McCain is the president 's second wife . McCain left his first wife , Cindy Shepp , after returning from Vietnam .