Vice President Joe Biden apologized to President Barack Obama
Wednesday in the Oval Office for jumping the gun on the administration's
public embrace of same-sex marriage and forcing his boss's hand, a
person knowledgeable on the contrite exchange told Yahoo News on
Thursday.
"The vice president expressed
remorse, regret," said the individual, who requested anonymity to
describe an unusual, private exchange between the buttoned-up Obama and
his freewheeling vice president. The president told Biden, the
individual said, that he understood Biden's comments on Sunday had come
"from the heart."
The source described Obama's
response as very similar to his public comments in an interview with ABC
News's Robin Roberts, with whom he shared his history-making
announcement that he backed the right of gay couples to marry.
"He probably got out a little
over his skis, but out of generosity of spirit," Obama told ABC. "Would I
have preferred to have done this in my own way on my own terms without,
I think, there being a lot of notice to everybody? Of course. But all's
well that ends well."more stories
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