Another Biden Gaffe

First the VP says to avoids planes and subways, then has to issue a clarification.

The Biden Gaffe Machine

On the undisciplined Joe Biden:

The packaging is one of those win-win arrangements management gurus are always extolling: Biden gets to revel in his image as a fearless, forthright man of principle. The rest of the team gets to strategically deploy Biden's big mouth without feeling compelled to address his every stumble. Everyone goes home happy.

There's just one catch: If Biden speaks the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, what happens should he eventually utter a disastrously inconvenient truth--not a run-of-the-mill gaffe but something more grave and substantive?

Then he gets changed out, but 2012 is a long way off.