Biography: John McCain: birth name: John Sidney McCain III; born August 29, 1936 at Coco Solo Naval Air Station in the Panama Canal Zone, Panama. At that time, Panama was under US control so that gives him the qualification of being born on US soil to become the President of the United States.

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In case you have been in the cave, he’s presidential nominee of the Republican Party in the 2008 presidential election. McCain is the  senior United States Senator from Arizona.