Quoted: Joe Biden gets excited about health care reform -- and forgets about the live mike
President Obama and Vice President Biden receive a standing ovation during this morning's signing ceremony for health care reform (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
"This is a big [fracking] deal."
-- A jazzed up Joe Biden to Barack Obama at the signing of the historic health care reform bill. The veep introduced the president to the excited crowd at the White House and leaned in to congratulate him -- without remembering that the microphone was live.
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UPDATE: White House press secretary Robert Gibbs weighed in on his Twitter page, declaring: "And yes Mr. Vice President, you're right..."
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March 23, 2010; 12:59 PM ET
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Posted by: blarsen1 | March 23, 2010 5:23 PM | Report abuse
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Posted by: bamarocks | March 23, 2010 11:04 PM | Report abuse
It absolutely is, Biden. You couldn't have put that better than that.
Posted by: thisworld | March 24, 2010 5:24 AM | Report abuse
this is a big deal people - and Vice President Biden is known for speaking how he feels - not how he thinks people want him to feel.
Posted by: theatremarine | March 24, 2010 6:05 PM | Report abuse
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Well...it is. Isn't it?