VP Joe Biden Drops F-Bomb

Biden Drops F-Bomb at Health Care Bill Signing

Updated: 15 hours 10 minutes ago

David Knowles, Writer

AOL News (March 23) -- Few Americans would argue that today's signing of health care reform legislation into law wasn't a big deal. The choice of adjectives used to describe the passage of the new law, however, is a matter of fierce dispute.

Unfortunately for Joe Biden, an open mic at the White House signing ceremony captured the vice president's chosen adjective loud and clear.

In an aside to President Barack Obama after introducing him to the cheering audience assembled in the East Room, Biden let fly with a characteristic, off-the-cuff assessment of the moment:

"Mr. President, this is a big f---ing deal," Biden said.

Not long after Biden uttered what has come to be described in our society as the "F-bomb" or the "F-word," White House press secretary Robert Gibbs posted a message on Twitter to address Biden's colorful language.

"And yes Mr. Vice President, you're right," Gibbs tweeted.

Well Biden summed it up there's a f---ing going on!