[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

Coco Solo Hospital was built in 1941. McCain was born in ’36.

Anybody can get an official copy of McCain’s Certificate of Live Birth by writing to:

Canal Zone Vital Records Office
Vital Records Branch
Passport Services
1111 19th Street NW, Suite 510
Washington, DC, CZ 34011-2300
202-955-0307

[curiosity]

Coco Solo Hospital was built in 1941. McCain was born in ’36.

The current one was built in 1941, yes. That doesn't mean there wasn't one there before.

Anybody can get an official copy of McCain’s Certificate of Live Birth by writing to:

Anyone? I doubt it. Privacy laws generally restrict access to birth certificates to family members or people who have a tangible, legal need to access them.

[curiosity]

FYI:

"Some bloggers are questioning John McCain's right to run for the presidency on the basis of his birth in the Panama Canal Zone. They have produced "evidence" showing that that the hospital where the Arizona senator says he was born was not built until 1941--five years after McCain's birth. A review of the archival record shows that there was a small hospital at the Coco Solo submarine base in 1936 and also reveals the name of the U.S. Navy physician who signed McCain's birth certificate."

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/05/john_mccains_birthplace.html