FOXNews.com: Carney affirms Obama-Biden ticket, knocks McCain criticism

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Carney affirms Obama-Biden ticket, knocks McCain criticism Aug 16th 2012, 19:10 White House Press Secretary Jay Carney affirmed Thursday that Vice President Biden will stay on the Democrats' 2012 ticket, and in doing so took a shot at President Obama's former 2008 rivals.  After Sen. John McCain and Sarah Palin both suggested Biden be bumped from the ticket following a recent high-profile gaffe, Carney knocked the idea at Thursday's briefing.  "While I appreciate, I have great admiration for and respect for and a long relationship with Senator John McCain, but one place I would not go for advice on vice presidential running mates is to Senator McCain," Carney said.  That was after McCain , the 2008 GOP presidential nominee, said it might be "wise" to replace Biden. McCain's former running mate Palin, earlier on Fox News, also said Biden was dragging down the Obama ticket.  But Carney, asked whether the Obama-Biden ticket will stand, said "Yes -- and that was settled a long, long time ago."  Biden is under fire for saying in Virginia, before a racially diverse audience, that Republicans wanting to deregulate the financial industry are "going to put y'all back in chains."  Paul Ryan called the comment the mark of a "desperate" campaign.  "The fact of the matter," Carney said Thursday, "is that the vice president was talking about a policy issue which there is an attempt to turn into, you know, an unsubstantial campaign issue that's divorced from policy."

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