Veep wannabes on current veep

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In another installment of questions for the vice presidential candidates, Sarah Palin and Joe Biden talked this evening on CBS about the current holder of the office and his decisions.

Asked what was the worst thing Dick Cheney has done, Palin said the duck hunting accident, which she said was made into a caricature of him. (Cheney wounded a fellow hunter, 78-year-old Harry Whittington, in February 2006. The local sheriff in Texas said an investigation had concluded that the episode was "no more than an accident.")

The best Cheney action, she said, was joining President Bush in supporting the troops.

Asked which vice president she admired most, Palin first picked a candidate, Democrat Geraldine Ferraro, the first woman on a major party ticket. "She's the one who first shattered part of that glass ceiling," Palin said.

Pressed by Katie Couric to pick someone who actually held the office, Palin chose George H.W. Bush, noting that he rose to the presidency.

Asked about her favorite movie, Palin picked "Hoosiers" and "Rudy," both sports-themed flicks where the underdogs come out on top. Her favorite scene? "At the very end the victories," she answered.

Biden, to the same questions, had a hard time finding anything nice to say about Cheney.

"I admire his willingness to take positions that are completely contrary to public opinion," Biden said.

On the worst thing, Biden said that Cheney has "done more harm" than any recent elected official by "shredding the Constitution" with authorizing torture and increasing presidential power during the war on terror.

Biden picked Lyndon Johnson as his most admired vice president because he came from the Senate and was able to help John F. Kennedy get his proposals through Congress.

He also picked a sports movie, "Chariots of Fire," the inspirational story of Olympic runners.