Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign appearance at the Lynchburg City Armory, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012, in Lynchburg, Va. Biden said Republicans Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are fleeing from their record to appear more moderate than they and went on to say the GOP ticket has backtracked on issues, ranging from a GOP budget he says would slash Medicare to a planned U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014. (AP Photo/News & Daily Advance, Sam O'Keefe)