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In war-struck Lafayette, friendly words for arriving VP By ADAM NOSSITER Associated Press writer LAFAYETTE -- Two young men, graduates of Lafayette High School, were killed recently in Iraq. They got the equivalent of a state funeral from a school, and a town, in mourning. Thousands gathered outside the school to honor the young men. When Vice President Dick Cheney stumps in the easygoing capital of Louisiana's Cajun country, mostly for a local congressional candidate, he will be on friendly ground. And not just among the paid-up audience of fans gathering for a breakfast meet-and-greet at this town's poshest private...