By ZamboniNormally we would not associate Cindy McCain with the great Hollywood character actor Thomas Mitchell. But today's Washington Post story about Mrs. McCain's not-quite-thoroughly-examined addiction to painkillers has changed that.
Picture Mr. Mitchell as Doc Boone, the alcoholic physician in Stagecoach. Planting himself in the coach next to whiskey-seller Donald Meek, he wheedles his way into Mr. Meek's case of samples and drinks them all.
This is basically what Cindy McCain did when she used a charity she founded to help herself to prescription painkillers — often in the names of her unsuspecting employees.
What The Post has written about today is the heretofore untold part of the story: how the painkiller case, which could have resulted in Mrs. McCain spending 20 years behind bars, destroyed several lives — including that of the prescribing physician and the whistle-blowing employee who alerted the DEA.
In the movie, Doc Boone sobers up and successfully delivers a baby. In real life, Cindy McCain beats the rap and goes on to live her privileged life — one that may include a stint as the nation's next First Lady.
We cats don't think Mr. Mitchell would have approved. After all, he was a star during the Golden Age of Hollywood — when transgressors paid for their crimes.
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