Biden: Supreme Court to affirm health care

Vice President Joe Biden :   JAY LAPRETE / AP
Vice President Joe Biden : JAY LAPRETE / AP

— Vice President Joe Biden says he’s confident the Supreme Court will uphold the constitutionality of the health care law.

Biden said in an interview taped for CBS’s “Face the Nation” that “we think the mandate and the law are constitutional and we think the court will rule that way.”

Biden has started taking on a greater role in arguing President Barack Obama’s case for re-election, making an appearance on his behalf in the Midwest earlier this week. Excerpts of his Sunday interview were aired Friday on “CBS This Morning.”

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