Great stuff, Danae. I've been stating this for awhile ever since another FReeper made me go research the whole "natural born" stuff. The Founders borrowed the concept of "natural born" from the British "natural" law. Under "natural law", the majority citizenship is passed from the status of the father. If the father is a natural born citizen, the majority of the child's citizenship comes from the father, with the remainder coming from the mother's citizenship. As with Obama, we know the rest and his citizenship status (as is his eligibility to be POTUS) is non-existant.
However, I do have to pick a nit with you over McCain's citizenship. McCain was born in Panama (IIRC) on an American military base. Military bases on foreign soil, like American embassies, are considered American soil. Since McCain's father and mother were natural born citizens of the US, McCain's American citizenship is assured.
He was born in Colon, Panama. That isn’t the base. Not even close. If I recall they tried to use the “canal zone” to strech the defination, but either way, it is the reason McCain didn’t bring it up. He didn’t want Minor discussed any more than Obama did. Obama of course had a LOT more reason to want minor repressed. A WHOLE LOT MORE.