Jim Webb actually said...

"It's also going to be a critical component of what China does in the future."

"I don't think we should vilify regimes, even if we don't like them, because it makes negotiations more difficult."

"I think we shouldn't get too hung up on the process. I think the elections may or may not be free and fair. I doubt they'll be fully free and fair."

"I think the United States--we prepared intensively, we laid out what our goals were and how we would want to go about a dialogue."