Can Pres. Clinton be Kerry's VP?

[Nym90]

What if 2 candidates tied for 3rd place in the Electoral Vote? Since the House cannot choose from more than 3 different candidates, would neither be on the ballot for the House?

Or, likewise, what if 2 candidates tied for 2nd place, which one's VP candidate would be on the ballot for the Senate?

[Nym90]

But the Constitution explicitly says "not exceeding three", doesn't it?

Though for the Senate's choice of VP, it says "from the two highest numbers". So maybe there could be 3 choices for VP, but not 4 for President.

[Nym90]

I guess the writers of Constitution and its Amendments considered such scenarios so far fetched as to be nearly impossible. Which they are, of course (especially with 2 parties being so dominant, what are the chances of a 4 way tie?). But, any well written legal document has to consider all possibilities, no matter how far fetched. One of the biggest problems with Florida in 2000 was that no one ever thought an election could be that close for it to matter if the voting methods were a little inaccurate or if the recount methods weren't clearly defined. Hopefully we have learned our lesson and will now cover all of our bases in advance.