Wasn’t the Canal Zone US territory at the when McCain was born?
Yes and McCain didn’t have to go to the Senate, but he heard a little questioning and thought it best to get Senate approval.....it was pretty easy for him and totally unnecessary but it shut everyone up.
Aside from the question of fact as to where McCain was born, there is a difference between ‘The United States’ and “United States Territory’.
That’s why there was always a question about Barry Goldwater, born in the Arizona Territory before Arizona became part of ‘The United States’.
Of course, Barry Goldwater was a US citizen by birth - but like Ted Cruz or John Cain, only by action of statute law. For me that is a distinction without a difference.
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McCain was born in Colon.
But that was not the question for McCain; it was the length of time they stayed out of the country.