This story is not true. He was born on a Military base in Panama, not in a civilian hospital. That John McCain birth certificate which is floating around the net is fake. McCain did not release his birth certificate, but he did show it to the reporter that made this report.
Not that it matters now, but as Freepers it is our duty to report the truth.
I don’t know if that BC is a forgery or not. If he was born on a military base, it still doesn’t mean he was born on U.S. soil.
From the Foreign Affairs manual:
7 FAM 1113 NOT INCLUDED IN THE MEANING OF “IN THE UNITED STATES”
c. Birth on U.S. Military Base Outside of the United States or Birth on U.S. Embassy or Consulate Premises Abroad:
(1) Despite widespread popular belief, U.S. military installations abroad and U.S. diplomatic facilities are not part of the United States within the meaning of the 14th Amendment. A child born on the premises of such a facility is not subject to U.S. jurisdiction and does not acquire U.S. citizenship by reason of birth.”
McCain was born in a civilian hospital in Panama because at that moment there was no OB unit at the base.
Since almost the only people who used this hospital unit were American military, the powers that be considered that a birth there would be considered on base (i.e., in US territory).