Former libertarian-leaning Republican Congressman J.D. Hayworth is challenging incumbent John McCain in the GOP primary for his US Senate seat. He appeared on Chris Matthews, MSNBC last weekend. One of the main topics of discussion was the controversy of Obama's birth certificate.

From Motor City Liberal blog:

MATTHEWS: Are you as far right as the birthers? Are you one of those who believes that the President should have to prove that he’s a citizen of the United States and not an illegal immigrant? Are you that far right?

HAYWORTH: Well, gosh, we all had to bring our birth certificates to show we were who we said we were and we were the age we said we were to play football and youth sports. Shouldn’t we know exactly that anyone who wants to run for public office is a natural born citizen of the United States and is who they say they are? [...]

MATTHEWS: Should the Governor of Hawaii produce evidence that the President is one of us, an American? Do you think that’s a worthy past time for the Governor of Hawaii?

HAYWORTH: No, look…I’m just saying the President should come forward with the information, that’s all. Why should we we depend on the Governor of Hawaii?

Senator McCain has largely deflected on the issue of the Obama birth certificate, and at times, has called such views out of bounds for discussion.