Biden's Talking Points

We'll hear a lot about Biden's loquaciousness in the next few days --- that Obama's VP pick has a penchant for talking ... and talking.

We'll hear a lot about Biden's loquaciousness in the next few days --- that Obama's VP pick has a penchant for talking ... and talking. He does. If that's his largest personal liability, I say, talk on.

I remember one Tuesday years ago when Biden was speaking in the Senate and then-Majority Leader Bob Dole, Kansas, asked Biden how much more time he was going to take because, as Dole said, "I have a plane to catch Thursday night."

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Richard Sammon
Senior Associate Editor, The Kiplinger Letter