Cheney Distances Himself From DeLay

V.P. Dick Cheney, speaking on the record with the editorial board of the NYPost, said he didn't think it "appropriate" that Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLay had called for retribution against unspecified judges in the Terri Schiavo controversy: "I may disagree with decisions made by judges in any one particular case. But I don't think there would be much support for the proposition that because a judge hands down a decision we don't like, that somehow we ought to go out -- there's a reason why judges get lifetime appointments."