When the Senate held hearings regarding McCain’s natural born citizenship, there was no question that both his parents were American citizens at the time of his birth. For some reason unfathomable to Drew69, the Senate wanted to confirm the other leg of eligibility in the framer’s sense, whether he was born on American land. So, the stupid Senate was following the Vattel definition in their hearings, I wonder why Drew 69 and his butties can’t seem to follow that?
Once again: there never were any Senate hearings regarding McCain's eligibility. None.
The ENTIRE extent of Senate debate over McCain's citizenship was one question, asked by Patrick Leahy, and one single-sentence answer, from Bush's Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. During an unrelated Judiciary Committee hearing, the transcript of which runs 42 pages long. There was never any inquiry into "whether he was born on American land." McCain was never asked by the Senate to produce a birth certificate or anything else.
I don't know why people keep falsely claiming there were hearings, when the Senate record makes it so clear that there were none.