VP Debate Postscript: Oh, Yeah."

The biggest hit from Cheney was when he said Edwards' record wasn't very "distinguished." Stifling laughter, I thought to myself that Edwards probably has more real-world and political experience today than Bush had in 2000. Then, Cheney called Edwards "Senator Gone" and said that, even as President of the Senate, he had never met Edwards before they came on the stage that evening. After the debate, Mrs. Edwards greeted Mr. Cheney, and according to reports, reminded him that they, in fact, HAD met before. Here's a picture of Cheney not meeting Senator Edwards And the AP Story:

On Feb. 1, 2001, the vice president thanked Edwards by name at a Senate prayer breakfast and sat beside him during the event. On April 8, 2001, Cheney and Edwards shook hands when they met off-camera during a taping of NBC's "Meet the Press," moderator Tim Russert said Wednesday on "Today." On Jan. 8, 2003, the two met when the first-term North Carolina senator accompanied Elizabeth Dole to her swearing-in by Cheney as a North Carolina senator, Edwards aides also said. Edwards didn't forget their prayer-breakfast meeting. The Democratic vice presidential candidate noted the discrepancy at a post-debate rally in a Cleveland park, calling it an example of Cheney "still not being straight with the American people." "The vice president said that the first time I met Senator Edwards was tonight when we walked on the stage. I guess he forgot the time we sat next to each other for a couple hours about three years ago. I guess he forgot the time we met at the swearing in of another senator. So, my wife Elizabeth reminded him on the stage," Edwards said as the crowd roared. According to Edwards' staff, Cheney replied, "Oh, yeah." "She reminded him about the truth," Edwards told the crowd, "and come November, we're going to remind him that the American people do not want four more years of George W. Bush."