The story - John McCain was not born in the US, and can't be president.
Maybe. Depending on who you ask, the Panama Canal Zone was not US territory when John McCain was born there. He is therefore, by the words of the Constitution, not a natively born citizen, and cannot be president.
In the wake of the announcement, all of his opponents called for him to step down, and allow Mike Huckabee to fill his role as the leading Republican candidate.
Oh, wait, that didn't happen? Instead of being petty, and using a loophole to dismantle his major rival, Obama is currently co-sponsoring a bill to ensure that McCain's debatable status as Presidential candidate is clarified? That he is playing politics on the basis of merits and honor?
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/02/29/obama_backs_law_to_ensure_mcca.html
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