As I reported earlier, the McCain campaign has declined to publicly release the senator's birth certificate. But a senior campaign official showed me a copy of his birth certificate issued by the "family hospital" in the Coco Solo submarine base. (McCain's grandfather commanded the Coco Solo Naval Air Station in 1936; his father was the executive officer of a submarine based in Coco Solo.)

The birth certificate was signed by Captain W. L. Irvine. I have now checked that name against the Naval Register for 1936, and I find that William Lorne Irvine was director of the medical facility at the submarine base hospital in Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone, during that time period. You can see the entry here. I think this effectively disposes of any remaining doubts that McCain was born inside the Canal Zone

cannot for the life of me believe I am asking this 4 years later.... did the McCain campaign and the RNC release a birth certitificate?

No they did not. It was only showed to some reporters and they were not allowed photograph it as discussed in the article you linked. The only McCain birth certificate that ever appeared was filed by a plaintiff in one of the eligibility suits against McCain. Doc C did an analysis and it is almost certainly a forgery (and a pretty bad one as I recall). Some of the folks with good memories might recall the case. I am too tired to look right now.

I'm still in the battle fields fighting bitherism here RC, but still determined to call out the liars