Cindy McCain, wife of Arizona Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential candidate, meets with Phuoc Thi Le, 11, during a visit to an Operation Smile mission in Nha Trang,Vietnam, earlier this month. In 1997, the McCains arranged for Le, who was born with a facial deformity, to be brought to the U.S. for surgery. Le’s father, Le Van Tan, looks on at their reunion. (Chitose Suzuki / Associated Press)
Cindy McCain has been actively involved with Operation Smile since 2001 and is a member of its board of directors. The U.S. charity provides free surgery to children in developing countries born with facial deformities. In 1993, Cindy and John McCain adopted a child born with a cleft palate from Mother Teresa’s orphanage in Bangladesh. (Chitose Suzuki / Associated Press)
In front, from left, John McCain, his wife Cindy, daughter Meghan and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist tour the Everglades on June 6. (Charles Trainor Jr / EPA)
John and Cindy McCain sing “God Bless America” during the seventh inning of a baseball game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the New York Mets in Phoenix on May 4. Joining them are Diamondbacks CEO Jeff Moorad, left, and general partner Ken Kendrick. (Jefrf Chiu / Associated Presss)
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Sen. John W. Warner (R-Va.), left, joins the McCains for coffee before a Pledge of Allegiance ceremony April 2 at Chick and Ruth’s Delly in Annapolis, Md. (Mary Altaffer / Associated Press)