[Arguendo]

I find no fault with the introductory clause [S 61 Bill], which is simply declaratory of what is written in the Constitution, that every human being born within the jurisdiction of the United States of parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty is, in the language of your Constitution itself, a natural born citizen… . . - John Bingham in the United States House on March 9, 1866

How does John McCain fail to meet this definition? He was clearly born within the jurisdiction of the United States (on a Naval base) even if he was not born on US soil.

The guy who wrote this sounds like a kook.

Besides, one of the most fundamental canons of legal interpretation is that you avoid an interpretation that leads to an absurd result when there are other reasonable interpretations. And an interpretation of the "natural born citizen" clause that holds a person ineligible because his father was a high-ranking naval officer who happened to be stationed abroad when he was born is clearly absurd.

[TigersEye]

He was clearly born within the jurisdiction of the United States (on a Naval base) even if he was not born on US soil.

But McCain was not born on a Naval base. He was born off base in the town of Colon.

[WoofDog123]

“How does John McCain fail to meet this definition? He was clearly born within the jurisdiction of the United States (on a Naval base) even if he was not born on US soil.”

The hospital he is alleged to have been born at was built 5 years after he was born. He was very likely born 1 mile away at Amador Guerrero Hospital in Colon. It is a walk across the park, but it isn’t the Canal Zone.