"And if you don't pay up. . ."

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded a campaign contributor. . . .

Yeah, it was an accident all right. Now that Abramoff is out of the payoff picture, Cheney may have moved on to other tactics to collect payoffs campaign contributions.

It took 24 hours to release this to the public. Will any reporter have the fortitude to ask why? How long would it have taken if Cheney had killed the guy?