Cruz’s presidential eligibility a “legitimate question”, says McCain

Ted Cruz's eligibility has been challenged by Republican front runner Donald Trump

Senator John McCain, in an interview with KFYI, has said it is “worth looking into” whether Ted Cruz is eligible to run for president, since the Texas senator was born in Canada.

In the interview he said, “I think there is a question. I am not a constitutional scholar on that, but I think it is worth looking into. I don’t think it’s illegitimate to look into it.”

McCain and Cruz have never really been best of friends. McCain was born outside the US mainland as well, in the Panama Canal Zone but still ran for President in 2008.

Senator Barry Goldwater,a 1964 Republic presidential nominee, had also run for office after the supreme court ruled him a natural-born citizen and was therefore eligible to run even though he was born in pre-state Arizona when it was still a territory.

He also added that he expected Ted Cruz to get ahead of the issue saying, “I got ahead of it on being born in the Canal Zone when I was running in 2008. Look there is a precedent set. Barry Goldwater ran for president, was born in Arizona when it was a territory. The Panama Canal was a territory of the United States of America.”