[mnehring]

He missed the real origin. It started about six months earlier when the left went after McCain on his NBC status due to his Canal Zone birth. In reporting on this, the NYT listed all the documents that the candidates released and because of the note that Zero hadn’t released any records, that triggered Starr to start her digging which rolled up to Berg and the rest is history.

[freekitty]

True.

[LorenC]

He missed the real origin. It started about six months earlier when the left went after McCain on his NBC status due to his Canal Zone birth. In reporting on this, the NYT listed all the documents that the candidates released and because of the note that Zero hadn’t released any records, that triggered Starr to start her digging which rolled up to Berg and the rest is history.

This February 28 article is, I believe, the only article from "six months earlier" that the New York Times ran on McCain's natural born citizenship status:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/us/politics/28mccain.html

Your description of what was contained in the article is wholly inaccurate.

Additionally, for what it's worth, the only lawsuit that was filed in spring 2008 challenging McCain's eligibility was filed by a registered Republican, not someone on the Left.