Talk:Early life and military career of John McCain
Panama lease
Does anyone know whether the Panama Canal Zone was "leased" from Panama? That was asserted here. Note that the citizenship issue is mentioned in footnote 2 of this article.Ferrylodge (talk) 20:29, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
- See Hay-Bunau Varilla Treaty. The U.S. paid $250k per year in rent. Also the status of the PCZ is trivial in the context of McCain's early life and military career. We don't need to mention it. It is not trivial in the context of his presidential campaign, where the status of the PCZ when he was born is a non-trivial legal issue.--24.57.151.98 (talk) 01:14, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
- Here's the ref I removed from the article, so you don't have to retype it to use on the campaign page:
- Although McCain was not born within a state of the United States, his status as a Natural-born citizen (and future eligibility to be elected to the presidency) may have been assured at birth both by jus sanguinis, since both of his parents were U.S. citizens, and jus soli, as the Panama Canal Zone was at that time (1936) a United States possession (1903-1979). See Rudin, Ken (July 9, 1998). "Citizen McCain's Panama Problem?". The Washington Post.
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- Although McCain was not born within a state of the United States, his status as a Natural-born citizen (and future eligibility to be elected to the presidency) may have been assured at birth both by jus sanguinis, since both of his parents were U.S. citizens, and jus soli, as the Panama Canal Zone was at that time (1936) a United States possession (1903-1979). See Rudin, Ken (July 9, 1998). "Citizen McCain's Panama Problem?". The Washington Post.