Cindy McCain's sisters: dead to her

So far in this election cycle, Cindy McCain has been a bit of a mystery to most voters. In spite of her efforts to keep a low profile, the media is starting to pay attention to her and the picture that's emerging isn't pretty.

NPR reported on Monday that - despite her repeated claims to be an only child - Mrs. McCain actually has two half-sisters. When her father, Jim Hensley, divorced his first wife to marry her mother, Marguerite Smith, both already had a daughter each from previous marriages. Apparently the new couple didn't exactly fancy having a "Brady Bunch" style family, as Jim's daughter reported that she saw her father only "a few times a year" and Cindy was the sole inheritor of her parents's multi-millon dollar estate.

Talk about family values! It seems Cindy feels the same way about her sibilings as her parents did, choosing to ignore their very existence in an interview with CNN. You could argue that she's not an outright liar - perhaps she feels like an only child, given that she did not grow up with the siblings her parents ignored. But given that the only other things I know about her is that she used to steal prescription drugs from the charity that she founded, I'm less inclined to give her the benefit of the doubt. It seems to me she's just another rich heiress liar.

I'd compare her to Paris Hilton, but Paris seems a bit more honest about who she is than that.