Jay Carney Mocks McCain For Calling On Obama To Drop Biden: Wouldn't Go To McCain For Advice On Veeps

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Since Vice President Joe Biden told an audience on the campaign trail this week that Republicans are going to put people 'back in chains,' several prominent Republicans have called on President Barack Obama to drop Biden from the Democratic ticket. Among those Republicans are former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former GOP presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). Today, White House Press Sec. Jay Carney tamped down speculation that Biden would be replaced on the ticket and took a swipe at both McCain and Palin's judgment.

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'Let's just settle it, once and for all. All this speculation. This is the ticket: Obama/Biden,' asked Fox News Channel's White House correspondent Ed Henry.

Carney paused before answering through muted laugher, 'I think''

'That's a yes or no,' interjected Henry.

'Yes,' replied Carney. 'And that was settled a long, long time ago.'

Carney finished by taking a veiled swipe at Sen. McCain's choice of adding Palin to the GOP ticket in 2008.

While I appreciate ' I have great admiration for and great respect for and a long relationship with Sen. John McCain, but one place I would not go to for advice for vice presidential running mates is to Sen. McCain.

Watch the press conference below via C-SPAN 2:

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