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McCain is someone very in touch with women as illustrated by his relationship with his own wife.. this is from the NY Times

Mrs. McCain, 54, describes herself as her husband's best friend, though for the last two decades they have mostly lived apart, she in Arizona, he in Washington. She initially seemed like an ideal political partner, giving Mr. McCain a home state, money and contacts that jump-started his career. But as the years passed, she also became a liability at times. She played a role in the Keating Five savings-and-loan scandal, and just as her husband was rehabilitating his reputation, she was caught stealing drugs from her nonprofit organization to feed her addiction to painkillers. She has a fortune that sets the McCains apart from most other Americans, a problem in a presidential race that hinges on economic anxieties. She can be imprecise: she has repeatedly called herself an only child, for instance, even though she has two half-siblings, and has provided varying details about a 1994 mercy mission to Rwanda.

Some of Mr. McCain's Washington friends say they have barely met Mrs. McCain, while fellow mothers at their children's schools say they have little sense of her husband. The two often relax in separate places: Mr. McCain prefers the family's ranch in the Arizona desert, while Mrs. McCain's refuge is a high-rise condominium on the Pacific. (Her husband is "not a beach person," she recently told Vogue.)

Ever since, the McCains have led only partly overlapping lives, with Mr. McCain - who was first elected to the Senate in 1986 - spending the week in Washington. The separation had a political upside: Mr. McCain, initially considered something of a carpetbagger, boasted that his family lived in Arizona. He flew home on weekends, but spent part of them campaigning.

Recently, Mrs. McCain has called the separations painful, volunteering that she endured several miscarriages alone. She spent subsequent pregnancies mostly confined to home, Ms. Ross said, sitting in a favorite stuffed chair, watching videos.

As her family grew, her parents moved across the street to help out, even ordering birthday gifts to be given in her husband's name. "I'm sure John hasn't been able to get anything done, so send something Cindy would enjoy," Marguerite Hensley, Mrs. McCain's mother, would tell G. Darrell Olson, a local jeweler. "John doesn't have a lot of money, so find something in the $5,000 area," she added, according to Mr. Olson.

The scandal broke just as her husband had been trying to rehabilitate his reputation. He had no idea his wife had been an addict, he told the press.


McCain just sounds like a great guy when it comes to understanding the needs of women.....no wonder he picked Palin she is not much of one.