1.0Steven Waldmanhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/stevenwaldmanswaldmanhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/stevenwaldman/author/swaldmanMcCain & the Dalai Lama - Steven Waldmanrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="uFybCUT74o"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/stevenwaldman/2008/07/mccain-the-dalai-lama.html">McCain & the Dalai Lama</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/stevenwaldman/2008/07/mccain-the-dalai-lama.html/embed#?secret=uFybCUT74o" width="600" height="338" title="“McCain & the Dalai Lama” — Steven Waldman" data-secret="uFybCUT74o" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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McCain’s visit with the Dalai Lama strikes me as pretty clever politics. By meeting with the Dalai Lama, and calling on China to release Tibetan prisoners, he then got himself criticized by China – which can only win him votes domestically. Obama has spoken a few times with the Dalai Lama but has not managed…