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CLEVELAND — Vice President Dick Cheney (search) said Tuesday that the debate against Democratic Sen. John Edwards (search) marked the first time the two had met. In fact, the two had met twice previously. "Now, in my capacity as vice president, I am the president of Senate, the presiding officer. I'm up in the Senate most Tuesdays when they're in session. The first time I ever met you was when you walked on the stage tonight," Cheney told Edwards during the debate. In February 2001, the vice president thanked Edwards by name at a Senate prayer breakfast. Edwards aides also...