| ^ Although McCain was not born within a state of the United States, his U.S. citizenship (and future eligibility to be elected to the presidency) was 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 Ken Rudin. "Citizen McCain's Panama Problem?", The Washington Post, July 9, 1998.
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