Can John McCain be elected? He wasn't born in the US, born in Panama.?

The Canal Zone constitutes being in the U.S. or it did until 1979 here check it out;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal_Zone

Are we beating this issue AGAIN? He was born to US citizens who were stationed in Panama while serving in the military. I think the founding fathers would consider him native born even though he wasn't in the continental US.

Anyone who has an issue with it is grasping at straws to disqualify McCain.

The horse is dead. Find something more meaningful to discuss.

1. The Canal Zone was US territory at the time.

2. Because of his father's deployment, he would be an American citizen by birth no matter where he was born.

He was born on a military base same as being born in the US

US legislation and legal arguments

The requirements for citizenship and the very definition thereof have changed since the Constitution was ratified in 1788. Congress first recognized the citizenship of children born to U.S. parents overseas on March 26, 1790, under the first naturalization law: "And the children of citizens of the United States that may be born beyond sea, or outside the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born citizens."[6][7] This was addressed by the U.S. Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case as a form of naturalization.[8] The Dred Scott case, however, was overturned by the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868. The Fourteenth Amendment mentions two types of citizenship: citizenship by birth and citizenship by law (naturalized citizens): "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."

All persons born in the United States, except those not subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. government (such as children of foreign diplomats) are citizens under the Fourteenth Amendment. Persons born in the United States, and persons born on foreign soil to two U.S. parents, are born American citizens and are classified as citizens at birth under 8 USC 1401. There is some debate over whether persons who were born US citizens and are classified as citizens at birth under U.S. law should also be considered citizens "by birth," or whether they should all be considered to be "naturalized." There is also some debate over whether there is a meaningful legal distinction between citizens "at birth" and citizens "by birth" since U.S. law makes no such distinction, nor does the Fourteenth Amendment use the term "at birth." Current U.S. statutes define certain individuals born overseas as "citizens at birth."[9] One side of the argument interprets the Constitution as meaning that a person either is born in the United States or is a naturalized citizen. According to this view, in order to be a "natural born citizen," a person must be born in the United States; otherwise, he is a citizen "by law" and is therefore "naturalized."[10] Current State Department policy reads: "Despite widespread popular belief, U.S. military installations abroad and U.S. diplomatic or consular facilities are not part of the United States within the meaning of the 14th Amendment. A child born on the premises of such a facility is not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and does not acquire U.S. citizenship by reason of birth."[11] However, this does not affect those who are born abroad to U.S. citizens and who otherwise meet the qualifications for citizenship at birth.[12]

He was born to US citizens, he is a US citizen so therefore the "No foreign nationals" clause does not apply to him.

This question has been asked hundreds of times, I refuse to answer again...go learn US history and Politics before you ask again.

If your parents are American citizens, so are you, regardless of where you're born.

if you elected McCain, He will make War world 3.........