Arizona Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, spoke of the importance of human rights in a Michigan speech Wednesday.

Promoting religious freedom and combating human trafficking and online sexual exploitation of children were the major themes of McCain's speech. On the latter two, he talked up tactics to fight both.

On the first, religious freedom, there was this eye-popper:  "As President, I intend to make religious freedom a subject of great importance for the United States in our relations with other nations. I will work in close concert with democratic allies to raise the prominence of religious freedom in every available forum. Whether in bilateral negotiations, or in various multi-national o organizations to which America belongs, I will make respect for the basic principle of religious freedom a priority in international relations."

Wonder if the Saudis or the Chinese were listening.