Decked out in jeans, the bare-footed Cindy McCain is trying to be a woman of the people. (Courtesy Vogue)

Cindy McCain appears in the June issue of Vogue looking relaxed, beautiful and well, American. In images captured by famed photographer Norman Jean Roy, McCain's wife is ditching her usual Stepford look in favor of a more relaxed, human look.

Robin Givhan called it earlier, when she wrote in an article about the aspiring first ladies, "McCain appears to be working to shatter a public image of the pretty — but starched — accessory."

The wife of (one of the) Democratic hopefuls, Michelle Obama, also had a Vogue shoot last September, which produced images that had an opposite message to McCain's.

Givhan commented: "Obama's photos seemed crafted specifically to help the viewer imagine her in the role of first lady. She is a study in little black dresses, conservative pearls, preppy hair and restraint. Again, the implied message is unmistakable: I am neither subversive nor threatening. I am not some scary 'other.' I am Camelot with a tan."