On May 2, 9:06*pm, John Smith wrote:
On 5/2/2011 5:58 PM, joeturn wrote:

John McCain is a very special case. *He certainly qualifies under the
spirit of the Constitution if not the exact letter ...:

The Panama Canal Zone was a US Territory:
"United States territory is any extent of region under the jurisdiction
of the federal government of the United States,[1] including all
waters[2] (around islands or continental tracts). The United States has
traditionally proclaimed the sovereign rights for exploring, exploiting,
conserving, and managing its territory.[3] This extent of territory is
all the area belonging to, and under the dominion of, the United States
federal government (which includes tracts lying at a distance from the
country) for administrative and other purposes.[1] The United States
total territory includes a subset of political divisions."

McCains birth and early childhood, plus a fraction of family background:
"John Sidney McCain III was born on August 29, 1936, at Coco Solo Naval
Air Station in the Panama Canal Zone, the second of three children born
to naval officer John S. McCain Jr. and his wife, Roberta. At the time
of his birth, the McCain family was stationed in the Panama Canal Zone,
under American control.

Both McCain's father and paternal grandfather, John Sidney McCain, Sr.,
were four-star admirals and his father rose to command all the U.S.
naval forces in the Pacific.

McCain spent his childhood and adolescent years moving between naval
bases in America and abroad. He attended Episcopal high School, a
private preparatory boarding school in Alexandria, Virginia, graduating
in 1954.

Following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, McCain
graduated (fifth from the bottom of his class) from the Naval Academy at
Annapolis in 1958. He also graduated from flight school in 1960.

With the outbreak of the Vietnam War, McCain volunteered for combat duty
and began flying carrier-based attack planes on low-altitude bombing
runs against the North Vietnamese. He escaped serious injury on July 29,
1967, when his A-4 Skyhawk plane was accidentally shot by a missile on
board the USS Forestal, causing explosions and fires that killed 134.

On October 26, 1967, during his 23rd air mission, McCain's plane was
shot down during a bombing run over the North Vietnamese capital of
Hanoi. He broke both arms and one leg during the ensuing crash. McCain
was moved to Hoa Loa prison, nicknamed the "Hanoi Hilton," on December
9, 1969."

Any comparison between McCain and obama is the equivalent of comparing
swine **** to roses ...

You mean McCain is the swine ****? Funny that the Senate had to pass
a resolution in April 2008 confirming McCain was a citizen. If he
already was one, why would they have to confirm it? I smell swine
**** spelled M-c-C-a-i-n .