A lot of people have said that.
He's a hypocrite.
How so, pray tell?
Because he AGREED that Mary Cheney was a hedonist while not mentioning that his own daughter was one.
When the reporter asked the question about Mary Cheney, he had the opportunity to do the right thing -- the honorable, courteous, kind hearted thing -- and say something like "I'm not going to get into other family's personal heartbreaks," since he knew full well he had the same problem under his very own roof.
But instead he snatched the opportunity to grab face time by discussing the family of a sitting vice president, a man in his own party.
Main Entry: hyp·o·crite
Pronunciation: 'hi-p&-"krit
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English ypocrite, from Old French, from Late Latin hypocrita, from Greek hypokritEs actor, hypocrite, from hypokrinesthai
: a person who puts on a false appearance of virtue or religion
- hypocrite adjective