McClellan knew Whittington had heart attack and was in intensive care BEFORE his press briefing, but said nothing

ABC News just reported that White House spokesman Scott McClellan laughed today during his noon press briefing, and told the media it was "time to move on" to other matters than the shooting, we now know that McClellan already knew that Whittington had suffered a heart attack and was now back in intensive care. Yet McClellan refused to answer reporters' questions and tried to trivialize the issue.

Keep in mind that this is day 4 and Dick Cheney has yet to even apologize for nearly killing his friend.

This is day 4 and we're stilling hearing conflicting stories about whether VP Cheney bothered notifying the police AT ALL about this incident.

This is day 4 and we've still not been given any details as to whether it's been determined conclusively that alcohol didn't contribute to this incident.

This is day 4 and there still are conflicting reports as to whether President Bush was told that first day that the shooter was Dick Cheney.

And now, the White House is telling the media that they won't answer any more questions about the matter - it's up to the VP's staff to answer the questions.

Well, newsflash Scottie, we all know that Bush actually isn't the president and that it's really Cheney, but it gives us comfort to pretend that you guys are really in charge. So, when one of your employees almost kills a man, we'd like some answers.

Not to mention, if Whittington dies, you've got possible manslaughter charges involved. You can just brush those off by having the Secret Service turn the police away.

Had any normal American shot and nearly killed someone who is still in intensive care, the police would be all over the matter. Yet here all we know is that when the cops finally showed up to interview the VP, a day after the incident, they were turned away.

Then again, maybe that war resolution covered shooting your friends as well.