Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is “using an image of his adopted daughter in a new campaign mailing” to highlight his conservative pro-life voting record ahead of the South Carolina primaries.

In a mailing showing up at homes Thursday, the Arizona senator’s wife, Cindy, is pictured holding a baby in a blanket as she walks with a woman from Mother Teresa’s orphanage.

“Cindy cradles little Bridget, a baby she and John adopted in 1993 from Mother Teresa’s orphanage in Bangladesh. Bridget has been a great blessing to the McCain family,” the mailing says. “Today, Cindy and John work together to promote adoption and to help women facing crisis pregnancies.”

But the flayer’s picture of “little Bridget” contradicts McCain’s bold assertions against using family members in political campaigns. In an interview last year, McCain argued that it’s “inappropriate for us [political candidates] to mention our children. I don’t want people to feel that, it’s just, I’d like them to have their own lives. I wouldn’t want to seem like I’m trying to gain some kind of advantage. I just feel that it’s a private thing.”

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