Typo. It is rather obvious that this code isn't tested :/

pitrou · pitrou · commit 806039965498 · 2010-10-13T10:45:16.000Z
diff --git a/Lib/http/client.py b/Lib/http/client.py
@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ def __init__(self, host, port=None, key_file=None, cert_file=None,
                 raise ValueError("check_hostname needs a SSL context with "
                                  "either CERT_OPTIONAL or CERT_REQUIRED")
             if key_file or cert_file:
-                context.load_cert_chain(certfile, keyfile)
+                context.load_cert_chain(cert_file, key_file)
             self._context = context
             self._check_hostname = check_hostname
 
