From today's vice presidential remarks to the National Restaurant Association (a.k.a. The Other NRA):

Dick Cheney: ".... I'm delighted to be here this afternoon. I want to thank Craig for those words. And I'm pleased to have the opportunity to welcome all of you to Washington. I saw Bob Novak on the way out. It's always easy to follow Novak; he's so depressing, he leaves everybody -- (Laughter.) So I got to do that for years. (Laughter.)"

Cheney has an interesting way of trailing off just before he says something interesting....