McCain disagrees with administration's N. Korea policy. Palin agrees but issues warning. MAVERICKS!

October 11th, 2008 7:16 PM Eastern
Palin off message on North Korea?
by Mosheh Oinounou

http://embeds.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/10/11/palin-off-message-on-north-korea/

Is the team of mavericks split on what to do next regarding North Korea?

While Sen. McCain was extremely critical of the Bush decision to take North Korea off of the list of state of sponsors of terror in a statement issued Saturday, his running mate said she had confidence in the administration.

From the McCain statement:

“Reports indicate that the administration may soon remove North Korea from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. I have previously said that I would not support the easing of sanctions North Korea unless the United States is able to fully verify the nuclear declaration Pyongyang submitted on June 26. It is not clear that the latest verification arrangement will enable us to do so,” McCain said in a written statement. “As this process moves forward, I expect the administration to explain exactly how this new verification agreement advances American interests and those of our allies before I will be able to support any decision to remove North Korea from the list of state sponsors of terrorism.”

But when Gov. Palin was asked about the decision during a campaign stop in Altoona, PA today, she was more optimistic about the Bush move and said she had “faith” it was the correct decision.

“Having worked on this strategy for quite some time, I have faith…that they’re making this wise decision. And North Korea, of course, better live up to its end of the bargain there, in speaking with the other countries whom they’ve been working with, in promising the verification. That end of the bargain has got to be lived up to,” she told reporters, putting the onus on Pyongyang rather than Washington.