Sometimes when leaders meet, the White House burps forth a “readout” from the press office on what went down. It’s rarely very informative. More often than you’d think, elected officials behind closed doors have discussions that are “frank” and “open,” but otherwise non-eventful.

But what to make of today’s even more crypto-bland-than-usual readout of Vice President Biden’s meeting with Republican Rep. Darrell Issa of California.