He was actually born near the Canal Zone on Panamanian soil.
Not that that should be considered a distinction that carries with it any real difference.
We weren’t occupying Panama by force, fir Pete’s sake. McCain’s mother and father were hardly dodging enemy fire or hacking their way through the Darien Gap with dull machetes.
There simply is no need to deify John Sidney McCain.
I got into an argument about that with someone recently, and now I don't know what to believe. It appears I was basing what I believed on a story in the Washington Post that turned out not to be true.
Imagine that. A Story in the Washington post that wasn't true!
I realized I didn't really care where he was born. He's dead, and will only trouble us when we think about the bad things he done.