On Thursday, President Obama left the White House just after midnight and flew by helicopter to Dover Air Force Base to attend the return of the remains of fallen American soldiers killed in Afghanistan. Tonight, Lawrence O’Donnell reported on MSNBC about the “easily predictable” attack response from former Vice President Cheney’s daughter, Liz Cheney, on Fox’s John Gibson Show. Follow this link to the MSNBC report.

While acknowledging the importance of having the Commander In Chief pay respects to our Nation’s fallen soldiers, Ms. Cheney stated, “I don’t know why he went to Dover,” and then alleged that President Obama “sort of showed up” at Dover Air Force Base with the White House press corps asking the family of the fallen if he could take pictures. According to Ms. Cheney, President Obama should have conducted himself the way President Bush “used to do, without the cameras.” She then went on to lament that it was “really hard for [her] to get her head around” the way President Obama allegedly behaved at Dover.

In what has become an all-too-familiar attack formation, the Vice President and his daughter ankle bite the President on a variety of issues, primarily national security. In addition to Liz Cheney’s commentary, the former Vice President remarked in a speech at the Center for Security Policy on Thursday that Obama has either “dithered” or taken wrong turns in his Afghanistan policy and “now seems afraid to make a decision…”

Have neither of these two any shame? Of course not. One must first have a conscience in order to feel shame. And it’s that same pesky conscience that compels most of us to tell the truth, most of the time, or at the very least to want to tell the truth most of the time.

The facts are these, Liz, so pay attention. First, President Bush never “used to do it” in any fashion. Under Bush White House policy, which you surely must have been aware of considering that you served in the Bush State Department, ceremonies for the return of the fallen at Dover were suspended. What President Obama did this week was to rightfully return to a policy of formally showing the Nation’s respect for the fallen acknowledging the grief-stricken families left behind. Moreover, it is an entirely appropriate step for the President to take, considering he is being asked to continue the war in Afghanistan, a war your father and former President Bush began.

Second, the former Vice President never paid his respects either. While you might pay lip service on Fox to it being “the greatest sacrifice” for one to give up his or her life for their country, the fact is that your own father sought not one, but five deferments from his own military service in Vietnam. The last deferment was granted on account of your mother’s pregnancy - with you. Since you are a lawyer, Liz, even you must be able to read official records and stuff.

Third, and perhaps most important, Liz, is a point on which we may share some concern. We live in a fast-paced world these days. Things are always moving and changing. And it is terribly hard to get one’s head around certain things, like grief, suffering, death, war-mongering, or facts. I can appreciate your pain, Liz. So here’s a bit of advice to ease your lament - one attorney to another. It would be a lot easier to get your head around something if you would pull it out of a certain dark place.