Sorry, but having worked as a special education teacher (I believe that is the "working with Downs Syndrome [sic] and other disabled children" that you are referring to) does not qualify anyone as either "lovely" or "humane." As an advocate for children with Down Syndrome and other disabilities, I can testify that special education teachers exhibit the whole range of human qualities. Some are wonderful people, others are nasty and abusive. It is a tremendous logical fallacy to assume that a person who has worked with "disadvantaged" individuals does so out of charitable motives and a high-minded desire to help others. That's the "pity fallacy," and it's nonsense. Since one does not need to be an intellectual giant to become a special education teacher (ask any university teacher who has had students in the special education teaching track in her classes), it's equally possible that Cindy McCain couldn't get another job.

Here's the Wikipedia entry about Cindy McCain's drug addiction, theft of drugs to support her addiction and her husband's retaliation against the guy who blew the whistle on her. Nice folks.

In 1989, Cindy McCain became addicted to opioid painkillers such as Percocet and Vicodin,[32] which she initially took to alleviate pain following two spinal surgeries for ruptured discs[33][34] and to ease emotional stress during the Keating Five scandal.[32] There, her role as a bookkeeper who had difficulty finding receipts for trips on Charles Keating's jet[15] caused complications for her husband when he was already being examined for his role regarding oversight of Keating's bank.[8] The addiction progressed to where she was taking upwards of twenty pills a day[8] and she resorted to stealing drugs from her own AVMT.[33] During 1992, Tom Gosinski, the director of government and international affairs for AVMT, discovered her drug theft.[35] Subsequently in 1992, her parents staged an intervention to force her to get help;[15] she told her husband about her problem, attended a drug treatment facility, began outpatient sessions, and ended her three years of active addiction.[32] A hysterectomy in 1993 resolved her back pain.[32][34]

In January 1993, McCain terminated Gosinski's employment on grounds of budgetary reasons.[35] In spring 1993, Gosinski tipped off the Drug Enforcement Administration to investigate McCain's drug theft,[35] and a federal investigation ensued. McCain's defense team, led by Washington lawyer John Dowd,[35] secured an agreement with the U.S. Attorney's office that limited her punishment to financial restitution and enrollment in a diversion program, [7][35] without any public disclosure.

Meanwhile, in early 1994 Gosinski filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against McCain, which he told her he would settle for $250,000.[35] In April 1994, Dowd requested that Maricopa County officials investigate Gosinski for extortion.[35] The Phoenix New Times was about to publish a negatively-cast article about the whole affair.[35][32] Cindy McCain pre-empted this[32] by publicly revealing her past addiction, stating she hoped it would give fellow drug addicts courage in their struggles: "Although my conduct did not result in compromising any missions of AVMT, my actions were wrong, and I regret them."[7] A flurry of press attention followed, including charges by Gosinski that she had asked him to lie concerning her drug use when the McCains were applying to adopt their baby from Bangladesh[32] and statements by past AVMT employees that Gosinski had once threatened to blackmail her. The Arizona Republic published an editorial cartoon ridiculing the motivations for her AVMT work[36] and an award dinner in her honor was canceled citing poor ticket sales.[7] In the end, both Gosinski's lawsuit and the extortion investigation against him were dropped.[32]

AVMT concluded its activities in 1995.[27] That year, McCain founded a new organization, the Hensley Family Foundation, which donates monies towards children's programs in Arizona and nationally,[7] and she was largely a stay-at-home mom during the balance of the 1990s.[15] She also held positions as vice president, director, and vice chair of Hensley & Co.[24][23

Well, Frog Leg, considering your TX image, I suspect you are a McCain troll. The choice of a spouse is the best indicator of one's integrity and intelligence. That you find McSame's unfaithfulness to his first wife acceptable (unfortunately for McSame, she was a superior), tells me your only focus, as a John McCain troll, is the promotion of John McShame. With Cindy, McCain married "down." Her so-called experience as a special education teacher is bullshit... she never stuck around long enough to earn tenure thanks to her daddy's money... she never depended upon her earnings to feed herself... but, back to John McSame. He was a nobody when he was first elected in AZ.... and he remains a nobody in 2008. Like GWB, he is ignorant. He was admited into the Naval Academy because he was his father's son... not, because he was qualified. There's nothing in John McSames' history which is heroic... that the Viet Cong allowed him to live demonstrates his cooperation with them. Let's get over this hero bullshit... McCain is no hero... he has not done an heroic thing in his life except cooperate with the Viet Cong. He is a traitor, plain and simple. So, Frog Leg... declare yourself the troll you are... thank you.