I’ll admit, I fell a bit for the lefty meme that Cindy McCain was an airhead heiress, sort of a beer-fortune version of Doris Duke. Her chiseled features and stern demeanor don’t exactly scream “this is a warm and generous person.” But looks can be deceiving.

The film bio just shown shows she’s much more than that. Her humanitarian work has been ignored by the mainstream media, and probably came as a big surprise to many TV viewers. And she’s doing a very good job with her speech. Much better than Lindsay Graham and Tom Ridge, who preceded her.

It makes you wonder what Michelle Obama was doing when Cindy McCain was bringing food and medical care to poor people in Africa. Applying for grants, I suspect.