I got to shake Cindy McCain’s hand on Thursday when she and John McCain (along with Joe the Fraud) came to my old high school in Mentor OH for a rally (more on the rally this afternoon!!).  I purposely let John McCain pass me by and instead made sure that Mrs. McCain took my hand when they came down the line.  For some reason Cindy McCain fascinates me and I have the feeling that she would make a great topic for a film (I’m way into woman’s melodramas about housewives like All That Heaven Allows, Safe and Far From Heaven).

I could watch her for hours - her eyes are so piercingly blue but lack any emotion, she’s dressed impeccably but her body language couldn’t be more stiff. I can’t help but think that somewhere deep down there is a different Cindy McCain that somehow got stuck in this crazy whirlwind of the life she was expected to lead.

Give a watch to this backstage SNL interview with the McCains and keep your eyes and ears open for Cindy’s brief moment in the interview…  You can just tell that she’s saying one thing and thinking something else.  I kind of love her (although I’d rather she wasn’t the first lady…).

takepart to read The New Yorker article on Cindy and please please please takepart and VOTE!