Television commentator Bill O'Reilly checks himself in a mirror prior to interviewing Bono, lead singer of the Irish rock group U2, during the third night of the 2004 Republican National Convention, at Madison Square Garden in New York, September 1, 2004. Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) steps into the Republican convention spotlight on Wednesday to defend the Iraq (news - web sites) war and take aim at Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites), who has blasted the Bush administration's war failures. REUTERS/Lisa Miller US ELECTION