McCain was eligible, but because of the circumstances of his birth, he wasn't in a position to push the Obama birth certificate issue.
If his own birth certificate said "Colon, Panama" he couldn't make an issue out of Obama's birthplace.
But candidates don't usually do that themselves. It was up to the public to press the issue.
In practice that usually means the media. And of course, they didn't. State legislatures might also have made it an issue, but they didn't.
There's a constitutional question involved -- if Hawaii certifies that they have Obama's birth certificate can another state try to get around their attestation?
Also, lawyers don't like to ask questions they don't know the answers to. If they don't know what they'll find, people with a stake in the matter tend not to press things.
“McCain was eligible...”
No. He never was eligible. Read my posts.
“McCain was eligible...”
No. He never was eligible. Read my posts.