The questions Cheney has yet to answer regarding the shooting incident and the cover-up

It matters because this is our government. And when our government starts acting all Soviet, pretending like they're untouchable gods and we're just small children who wouldn't understand, that's a problem. When the vice president almost kills a man - and the verdict is still out on whether this will turn into a negligent homicide case - the public has a right to know what happened. Was Cheney drunk? Is he ill? Are his cognitive abilities slipping?

With all due respect, it was cute that the Republicans kept Strom Thurmond propped up, Evita style, for years after he was no longer a functioning Senator, but with our vice president we have the right to know if he's still got his wits about him or not - especially when our vice president is really our president.