it the vice president never does everything, can everyone please layoff dick chain dick cheney? no that s what they are supposed to do. he did too much. you brought up an excellent point, when a republican is in charge you always hear the phrase a heartbeat away whether it was dan quail and when mccain was running it was pay lynn. just a heartbeat away. we all laugh about grandpa and how bumbling he is. but nobody says that. why? he is pulling in $227,000 a year to do nothing. i know a lot of families out there who would love to see that change. he breaks editorial votes. how about funerals? that s depressing. he goes to the things the president doesn t want to go to and that s every vice president s job. when they need an extra