Original sentence: (He was born in the Panama Canal Zone, and Barry Goldwater was born in Arizona prior to it's joining the Union).Unlike most of his predecessors, he will face the most substantial opposition since 1976, with over three hundred delegates originally pleged to other candidates.With his surpising comeback in the primaries, John McCain will arrive in Minnesota the presumptive nominee.he will be, unless something completely unforseen happens, only the second Republican standard-bearer not to have been born in one of the several States