WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden says he made a poor choice of words when he referred to unscrupulous moneylenders who took advantage of U.S. troops as "Shylocks."
Biden was speaking Tuesday to a legal aid group when he described how some troops serving overseas were facing foreclosures at home. He used the word "Shylocks," a reference to the villainous Jewish moneylender in Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice." .... http://bigstory.ap.org
