[cookcounty]

"For McCain, being born on a US military base is not the same as being born in the USA. In view of the outlandish decisions by the Supreme Court, it would come as no surprise if it said McCain did not meet the criteria.

But BOTH of his parents were US citizens, unlike Obama.

This issue also came up in 1968, when George Romney (Mitt's dad) ran for the GOP nomination. George Romney was born in Mexico of American parents. The consensus then was that the fact that both parents were US citizens meant that he qualified as "natural-born," even though he was born outside the US.

[razorback-bert]

Let us disqualify both of them and start over, wouldn’t bother me.

[Dante3]

For everyone running for POTUS - not just Obama and McCain - original birth certificates and parents' citizenship status should be released to the public.

In Obama's case there are several questions, in McCain's there is the question of him born in a foreign country. Considering some of the controversial interpretations made by the Supreme Court, it might decide against McCain.

There is no question if both parents of a candidate are citizens AND he is born in the United States. If not, then it needs clarification. I would not want a POTUS who holds dual citizenship.