All the pundits — like Shep Smith — screaming about the audacity of Obama speaking out because Bush is being silent conveniently forget Bush never said anything bad about Clinton after he took office and that same silence was greeted with nothing but derisive statements from Clinton(s) and Gore. I have always had great respect for Cheney and have even more now for his firm and decisive clarity on what is important and his backbone in taking it head on, no matter the criticism.