On The Lighter Side: As Obama Spoke, Biden Rested

ABC News' caught the "action" this afternoon as Vice President Biden appeared to nod off for a moment during President Obama's speech on deficit reduction.

And if you look closely, he wasn't the only one: the young woman behind and to his right does a bit of dozing herself.

Of course, they probably knew what was in the speech. And falling asleep is a bipartisan thing to do, as Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona has proved.

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