Nifty bit they just showed on msnbc

[heidi]

They showed a clip of dick cheney on meet the press in 2003 saying that success in iraq would incorporate striking a blow against the heart of those who attacked on 9/11.

So I guess that bit where Cheney said he never linked 9/11 and Iraq was a lie?

Updated with a bit from Newsweek:

There’s just one problem with confident delivery and correcting your opponent: you’d better get your own facts straight. Cheney castigated Edwards for saying there was no connection between the 9/11 attacks and Iraq. "The senator has got his facts wrong," Cheney declared. "I have not suggested there's a connection between Iraq and 9/11." That would be fine if Cheney hadn’t appeared on "Meet the Press" a year ago to describe that very connection. The war, he said, was "a major blow right at the heart of the base, if you will, the geographic base of the terrorists who have had us under assault now for many years, but most especially on 9/11." Cheney also lambasted Edwards for failing to show up at the Senate, saying: "The first time I ever met you was when you walked on the stage tonight." One small problem for vice presidents is the ready availability of transcripts and news reports. Those awkward pieces of information prove the two men met in and out of the Senate, not least when Edwards escorted the new senator for North Carolina, Elizabeth Dole, as she was sworn in by Cheney just last year.

Emphasis mine. As soon as the debate was over, I pointed out to my husband that this was going to be won or lost on the factchecking, and, as I said elsewhere here, I don't necessarily mean at FactCheck.com.