Ever find yourself watching cable news and wonder what all the politicians milling around on the floor of Congress before a big speech are making small-talk about? One guess: It's golf. That's what we gather after being pointed to John Boehner excitedly explaining his "round of the decade" to Veep Biden (and, inadvertently, the whole world) on a hot mic shortly before Obama delivered his aggressive-sounding jobs speech. Biden listens to Boehner, but at one point appears to try and cover up the mic with his hand, to no avail. "The mics are live" informs an unseen person before the ABC News clip abruptly ends.

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Erik Hayden