Nancy Reagan has endorsed John McCain, but I sense she has been coerced into being a good Republican, but has had to hold her nose in doing so. Secretly, McCain, who is considered a “family values” candidate, has got to be considered by Nancy to be a scumbag.

The Reagan’s friendship with the senator was damaged in the late ‘70’s when McCain decided to divorce his first wife, Carol.

who was particularly close to the Reagans, and within weeks marry Cindy Hensley, the young heiress to a lucrative Arizona beer distributorship. The Reagans rushed to help Carol, finding her a new home in Southern California with the family of Reagan aide Edwin Meese III and a series of political and White House jobs to ease her through that difficult time.

McCain has been caught in several lies about the circumstances surrounding his divorce. In his 2002 memior “Worth Fighting For,” McCain wrote:

"I spent as much time with Cindy in Washington and Arizona as our jobs would allow," McCain wrote. "I was separated from Carol, but our divorce would not become final until February of 1980."

However, the court documents revealed a much different story.

McCain did not sue his wife for divorce until Feb. 19, 1980, and he wrote in his court petition that he and his wife had "cohabited" until Jan. 7 of that year -- or for the first nine months of his relationship with Hensley. Although McCain suggested in his autobiography that months passed between his divorce and remarriage, the divorce was granted April 2, 1980, and he wed Hensley in a private ceremony five weeks later. McCain obtained an Arizona marriage license on March 6, 1980, while still legally married to his first wife.

By all appearances, the senator was quite happily married. So when they learned of the sudden divorce, the Reagans were

stunned to learn otherwise, according to several close aides.

Although she has remained silent about the issue, one can only imagine Nancy Reagan’s bitterness over John McCain’s treatment of her close friend, Carol.

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