John McCain, immigrant?

John McCain was born on a military base outside the U.S., said Cenk Uygur in The Huffington Post, so shouldn't a "'strict constructionist' conservative" say that means he can't be president? Democrats would be wise not to play the constitutional

What happened

John McCain said the fact that he was born outside of the U.S., on a U.S. military base in the Panama Canal Zone, does not bar him from the presidency. The New York Times had raised the issue by examining the Constitution’s requirement that a president be a “natural-born citizen.” McCain said that the issue was settled by Barry Goldwater’s run for president in 1964—Goldwater was born in Arizona when it was a U.S. territory, not a state. (AP in USA Today)

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