Cindy McCain's half sister emerges to put down 'only child' claim

Now a half-sister has emerged from the shadows to challenge that family history, claiming she and her offspring have been carefully airbrushed out of the would-be First Lady's family picture. "I'm upset," Kathleen Hensley Portalski said. "I'm angry. It makes me feel like a non-person."

Documents show that she was born to Jim and Mary Jeanne Hensley on 23 February 1943. The still-married Mr Hensley was sent to West Virginia to recuperate from war ... Full Story »

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by Chris Finnie - Oct. 1, 2008

I've seen a few shorter articles about this, but this is the most complete. Doyle has done his homework and traced the documents, which also makes his account more credible than a few others I'm read. I don't know why all the McCains keep saying things that are demonstrably untrue. But, to me, it explains why they keep accusing everybody else of lies. Clearly they can't tell the difference and don't think we can either.

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