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Phil, it hurt the Democrats in Massachusetts when they tried to knock Mitt Romney off the ballot for having lived in Utah while running the Olympics. I can't imagine penalizing McCain for being a navy brat would go much better.
On an only mildly related note, the old Firing Line debate on the Panama Canal Treaty pitted William F. Buckley, Jr., George Will, and Elmo Zumwalt (pro-treaty) against Ronald Reagan, Pat Buchanan, and John McCain's father (anti).
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