I heard McCain in a speech sometime ago and he talked about how Cindy McCain's Dad had served in the military, came home, pulled himself up by his bootstraps, started a small business, and became a great success. Great American story! I thought. But today, someone sent an article to me about James Hensley, Cindy McCain's Dad. I had never heard anything at all about this history, and I was appalled. Maybe some of you already know this story, but it was news to me. It is a very long article to read but worth the time. And it is not a great American story.
I don't think John McCain would be running for President today if he had not married into the Hensley bootlegging forture.

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