McCain Challenger: Birther Questions Are Legit In Days Of Identity Theft

Sam Stein – The Huffington Post
February 16, 2010

Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) primary challenger, former Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-Ariz.), has clearly made the political calculation that the longtime senator and 2008 presidential candidate is vulnerable on his conservative flank.

But how vulnerable is that flank? McCain supporters are sending around a clip of Hayworth’s appearance on CNN last night, in which the onetime congressman refuses to flat-out disavow the birther conspiracy movement and even suggests that, in the age of identify theft, questions about President Obama’s citizenship are legitimate.
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