Joseph Biden actually said...

"My role as vice president is unlike some of the others. I have asked for no specific portfolio -- that is, I take care of the environment or one particular area -- and that I be essentially his counse..."

"We will deliver for the gay and lesbian community on issues. We will be there for them. We will champion liberty and bringing down these -- these walls of intolerance."

"I think that President Bush, unlike Vice President Cheney, is upon reflection beginning to acknowledge some of the serious, if not mistakes, misjudgments that he made."

"My role as Vice President is unlike some of the others. I've asked for no specific portfolio."