Smartass!

Vice President Joe Biden was caught again in another verbal gaffe this past weekend.

Biden's latest remark occured during a visit to Wisconsin where he was campaigning for Democratic Senator Russ Feingold. Biden was at Kopp's Frozen Custard for something to eat when the store's manager casually suggested that the Obama administration lower taxes. Biden responded by saying "why don't you say something nice instead of being a smartass all the time?"

Biden's comment was made in jest during the peak of a colourful exchange filmed by local station WISN 12. The store manager said that Biden later whispered that he was kidding, and that Biden was "very nice."

Biden previously made another memorable open-mic gaffe this year when he told President Obama that the passage of health care reform was "a big fucking deal" -- on live television.