Pelosi, of course, is reacting so violently because 
    Cheney shone a light upon the dark heart of the Democratic
    Party: their fervent desire for defeat. They don't care 
    about the troops; they don't care about America, they only
    care about their own electoral prospects. And, if those 
    prospects can be enhanced by giving al Qaida what they 
    want, it doesn't even make them blink an eye.

    But - dammit! - Cheney should not have SAID so! Why, he 
    is "questioning their patriotism," the new reflexive 
    defense of the turncoat.