He was sucker-punched by being asked if he agreed with DeLay saying they were going to take "retribution" on the courts?
This was a deliberate distortion as DeLay never used any such word,
Cheney said he hadn't heard yet what DeLay had said, but that he didn't believe there should be "retribution"
He's usually too sharp to get caught in these word game traps...
As a retired investigative reporter - I always investigated BOTH sides of an issue/story before going to print,
I still try to use that rule of thumb here - which is why I researched to see in what context Cheney's remark was made
Ah, I see. Thanks again.