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For McCain, all-American strategy may backfire

Le Capitaine des Pompiers
Published Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Late last week, John McCain unveiled what his campaign described as its “first general election ad.” The 60-second clip introduces McCain as “the American president Americans have been waiting for.”

The American president?

I was unaware that there was any confusion about his nationality. I suppose that we could count a minor controversy that generated buzz earlier this year when the fact that McCain was born in the American-controlled Panama Canal Zone led some to question whether he meets the constitutional requirement that the president be a natural-born citizen. The...

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