"We know sometimes that the Bidens make verbal gaffes..."

Nice work, Jill:

Appearing on Oprah Winfrey's program today, Jill Biden, wife of Vice President-elect Joe Biden, said that her husband had been offered his choice of either the V.P. slot or the job of Secretary of State in the Obama administration.

That's not the sort of information meant for public consumption, as Joe Biden quickly made clear: The soon-to-be-veep shushed his wife immediately after she made the statement, the Associated Press reports, prompting laughter from the audience.