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VP Biden: Dignity Trumps Ring-Kissing Etiquette [View all]
Joe Biden doesn't kiss up to anyone — whether a queen or a pope.
The vice president told a gathering of Irish-Americans in New York City on Thursday that as a young U.S. senator he was to meet the queen of England.
He remembers getting a call from his mother, who told him not to kiss the queen's ring.
Years later, when he was to meet Pope John Paul II, Biden says his mother told him not to kiss the pope's ring.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2013/03/21/us/ap-us-biden-kissing-rings.html?hp
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