Lincoln? Lincoln was absolutely an insider. Not only did his marriage to the very wealthy Mary Todd give him entry, but he was in national politics for about 20 years before he got into the White House and in state politics for a decade before that.
Lincoln had a huge reputation as a lawyer, corporate and criminal, for winning cases, represente
d a railroad against its shareholde
r, and was known far and wide because for about two decades he traveled from county to county throughout Illinois arguing cases for months on end. Lincoln argued close to 200 cases before the Illinois State Supreme Court. That's as inside politics as it gets, then and now.
As far as McCain goes, I agree he's a Constituti
onal question, although I would argue that being born on a military base in another country satisfies the Constituti
on's requiremen
t for "natural born". I don't think that that was the founders' intent.
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