Did you know that Cindy McCain and John McCain’s son Andrew have opposed any sort of legislation or regulation the alcohol and related issues, even groups that hope to save lives?

Cindy McCain’s company has even had the audacity to fight Mothers Against Drunk Driving, while making alcoholic energy drinks, “caffeinated booze”, to appeal to young and under-age drinkers. Cindy McCain has even opposed putting the alcohol content in percentage form on the alcohol containers.

Do any of you remember way back, in distant America’s past, when the first lady, Ladybird Johnson, just wanted to “Keep America Beautiful”?

Cindy McCain leads the efforts to defeat any regulation of the alcohol industry, including groups that try to improve public safety.  Instead of planting a tree, a bush, or a shrub, like Ladybird Johnson, Cindy McCain just wants to make sure everyone is “planted”.

From the L.A. Times:

Hensley & Co., one of the nation’s major beer wholesalers, has brought the family of Cindy McCain wealth, prestige and influence in Phoenix, but it could also create conflicts for her husband, Sen. John McCain, if he is elected president in November.

Hensley, founded by Cindy McCain’s late father, holds federal and state licenses to distribute beer and lobbies regulatory agencies on alcohol issues that involve public health and safety.

The company has opposed such groups as Mothers Against Drunk Driving in fighting proposed federal rules requiring alcohol content information on every package of beer, wine and liquor.

Its executives, including John McCain’s son Andrew, have written at least 10 letters in recent years to the Treasury Department, have contributed tens of thousands of dollars to a beer industry political action committee, and hold a seat on the board of the politically powerful National Beer Wholesalers Assn.

Hensley has run afoul of health advocacy groups that have tried to reign in appeals to young drinkers. For example, the company distributes caffeinated alcoholic drinks that public health groups say put young and underage consumers at risk by disguising the effects of intoxication.

McCain could have a conflict brewing - Los Angeles Times.