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Former vice president Dick Cheney in 2007. (Gerald Herbert/AP)

Outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder thinks that of the current hit television shows about Washington, theone that gets this town mostly right is, depending on the administration, Id say House of Cards. (Yes, that would be the one with murder, adultery, drug addicts )

Holder, speaking Wednesday at a WashingtonIdeas Forum moderated by our colleague, Jonathan Capehart, added: There was a pretty bad vice president in House of Cards, but Ill leave it at that. As the audience laughed, he noted, AndI like Joe Biden, so Im not talking about him.

I know who youre talking about, Capehart said. Our money is on former vice president Dick Cheney. (Unless he was maybe talking about Al Gore or John Nance Garner? )

Asked about his guilty pleasure, Holder said: I like to binge watch not-too-serious televisionlike Boardwalk Empire Im going to be working on that pretty soon Homeland, these are the things I just like to sit down and, you know, just go for many hours.

Where does he find the time? Hillary Clinton also admitted to binge watching House of Cards, but she did so after she was secretary of state and suddenly found herself with time on her hands.

Other light-hearted questions, which came at the end after a series of serious topics, included who Holder would want to play him in a movie.

Theres only one person, Holder quickly answered: Denzel. (Has anyone ever answered that question and not picked a good-looking A-lister?)

Capehart also asked Holder, who has been a Republican target over numerous White House scandals, what he hopes to be remembered for.

As a person who . . . used the power of his office to raiseissues that too often were not addressed, Holder said, And who ultimately moved the country in a direction that it should always move. A country that I left maybe a little more fair, with a greater sense of the urgency to make sure that all people are treated equally.

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