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“Team Cain” : A portrait of the candidate’s marriage

by Wayne Drash CNN
updated 11:14 AM EST, Sat November 5, 2011

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http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/01/politics/gloria-cain-profile/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
　
　
Don't mistake her absence, friends say, for a lack of interest. She's always been the behind-the-scenes mover and shaker of the family, even if he towers over her diminutive 5-foot frame.

"They know each other instinctively to the point they don't need to double-check with each other," Brown said. "They're a united front. If there's anything you remember, they're Team Cain -- Team Cain all the way."
　
But if there's anything that demonstrates the strength of their marriage, friends say, it's the way she handled his battle with cancer. Cain was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in early 2006 and given a 30% chance of survival.

Gloria Cain accompanied her husband for treatment at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, and kept a cancer journal for him. During one doctor's visit, he and his wife learned his cancer had spread to his liver.

"Gloria and I were shocked coming out of that surgeon's office," he writes.

As the two got in their car, she asked, "Are you OK?"

"Yeah," I said.

"Do you need me to drive?" she asked.

"No, I can drive." Then, I said, "This a true test of my faith."

"Our faith," she corrected him. .