Well, that makes one person.

CHUCK TODD: Final question, did you really not know that your campaign was researching this idea of swapping Joe Biden for Hillary Clinton ?

BARACK OBAMA: You know — again, Chuck , the — the problem that we’ve got — and this goes back to the earlier question you asked. You know, I am in charge of two million people in thefederal government . And that was true, by the way, even when — I was running for president. So people do all kinds of stuff. Some of it — they clear with me, sometimes they’re tryin’ to figure somethin’ out — particularly on the political side. And I ‘m not somebody who delves into polling and — all that data.

Here’s the one thing I can say for certain. That — if they had asked me, I would have said there is no way that I’m not running again with Joe Biden . Because I genuinely believe that he has been one of the best vice presidents in our history. He also happens to be a friend. He also happens to be one of my most important advisors on domesticforeign policy . I like him. When my back’s up against the wall, he has my back. And —

HT: Andrew Johnson