Actually, BOTH of McCain’s parents were old enough to pass on “natural born citizen” status to John McCain, regardless of John McCain’s place of birth.
Obama’s mother was not old enough to do the same.
Also, The Panama Canal Zone was American Territory at the time of McCain’s birth.
>>>Actually, BOTH of McCain’s parents were old enough to pass on “natural born citizen” status to John McCain, regardless of John McCain’s place of birth.
That depends on what definition of Natural Born one uses. There are those that say that a child born to two citizens is natural born, but there are others that say the definition requires birth on US soil. Based on the qoute, Shelby may be an adherent to that definition.