[KarlInOhio]

McCain was different that either Cruz or Obama. He was born to two US citizen parents in the US controlled territory of the Panama Canal Zone. (I don't know if the Zone was counted the same as Guam or Puerto Rico would be, or Arizona Territory for Goldwater was).

What we really need now is a statutory definition of "natural born citizen". Does the person have to be born in a state? A US territory? How many citizen parents are needed? Is "natural born" a third class of citizen separate from naturalized and at birth, or is it just another wording for citizen at birth? What about people with multiple citizenships? I've heard lots of arguments both ways but no one as shown me a line in either the United States code or a definitive definition from English common law at the time of the Revolution.

[Michael.SF.]

(McCain) was born to two US citizen parents in the US controlled territory of the Panama Canal Zone

IIRC, the progs were making the claim that because McCain was born off the base, in a civilian hospital, he was not eligible. The claim is laughable, as are many of their claims.

[EDINVA]

McCain’s father was in Panama serving in his country’s service. That’s another difference.