Biden says Romney was 'sketchy' during debate

Vice President Biden on Wednesday described Mitt Romney's performance at the second presidential debate a night earlier as "sketchy" — echoing language President Obama himself used against his Republican opponent on Tuesday night. 

Biden's comments came at a campaign event in Greeley, Colo., on Wednesday, a day after the second debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. 

The vice president said Romney's answers at the town hall-style debate consistently lacked crucial details.  

"Gov. Romney was a little — how can I say it? — sketchy last night. No detail, no specifics. But folks, that's not new. We've now had three debates," Biden said.  

"Gov. Romney ... [said] 'maybe,' 'it depends,' 'we'll let you know after the election.' But folks, that's not new. Folks, these are the only guys I've ever heard, and the only guys I've ever met who thought that not telling you till after the election constituted leadership."

Later in his speech, Biden said that one of the biggest policy differences between the Democratic ticket compared to Romney and his running mate Rep. Paul Ryan (Wis.) was on women's issues. 

Biden alluded to a part of the debate in which Romney described how, during his time as governor of Massachusetts, he had organized a "binder" of strong potential female employees for positions in his administration.

"And you heard [in] the debate last night when Gov. Romney was asked a direct question about equal pay [and] he started talking about binders," Biden said. "Folks, the idea that he needed to ask where a qualified woman was — he just should've come to my house. He didn't need a binder."

Biden added that on women's health issues, Romney and Ryan are actually not "sketchy."

"Ladies and gentlemen, on women's health they want to turn power over to the insurance company, allow them to charge 50 percent more for the same coverage on average," Biden said.

Biden also described Romney as in a "time warp" on women's rights.

"And for good measure, Romney said on multiple occasions that he wants to get rid of Planned Parenthood. It's not just the Swiss bank accounts and the Cayman Islands," Biden said. 

"No, really it's more than that. That I understand him doing. I can't understand someone running for president doing it, but I can understand him doing it. But what I can't understand is how he has gotten into this sort of 1950s time warp in terms of women."

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