BARACK OBAMA’s political career boasts a long list of firsts.

A pair of lawyers – one Republican, one Democrat – have concluded that John McCain’s 1936 birth outside the continental United States does not disqualify him to be president.

A judge has been asked to decide whether John McCain is a “natural born” American citizen, a constitutional requirement for the US presidency.

NEW HAMPSHIRE was John McCain’s last stand, his best opportunity to revive a presidential campaign that was near death last summer.