[Lion Den Dan]

whether Republicans like it or not. The Panama Canal Zone was leased by the United States, it was never a territory and part of the United States.

Nuts to McCain but if he was born on a US installation or in some circumstances, born to US parrents serving the US in a foreign location, he was born on US soil and is a "natural born" American.

[SatinDoll]

“...[McCain] if he was born on a US installation or in some circumstances, born to US parrents serving the US in a foreign location, he was born on US soil and is a “natural born” American.”

John Sydney McCain was born in a public hospital in the city of Colon, Republic of Panama.

I’ve talked to two immigration lawyers who tell me that there are legal statutes dealing with the citizenship of children born in Panama to U.S. citizens.

McCain is a citizen-by-statute (jus sanguinas) because his parents were citizens. He is not a ‘natural born citizen’.