Indeed it was.
Before the ‘68 primary season it was fairly controversial. Of course, the elites pooh-poohed it but some commentators brought it up.
It became a moot point once George Romney messed up by talking about “brainwashing” over Vietnam. He was out of the race soon thereafter.
yep it sure was. Came up with respect to Barry Goldwater in 1964 too. Arizona was just a territory when he was born if memory serves(memory is not what it once was).