For a Blunt Biden, an Uneasy Supporting Role — NY Times

[H]e has displayed devotion to Mr. Obama, White House aides say, which has included impassioned defenses of the president in tense settings. In an appearance before House Democrats by Mr. Biden shortly after the party lost its majority in November 2010, Anthony D. Weiner of New York, the then-congressman (and not-yet-laughingstock for his racy tweets), charged that Mr. Obama was acting less like a leader and more like a negotiator — and a weak one.

“There is no goddamned way I’m going to stand here and talk about the president like that,” Mr. Biden boomed, according to White House and Congressional officials who were present.

HT: Examiner