Good plan - we've had about all the asserting we can take

“The White House has no plans to reassert the argument there is any vice presidential distinction from the executive branch,” according to Bush administration officials who spoke with reporter Mike Allen. “Two senior Republican officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that the rationale had been the view of the vice president’s lawyers, not Cheney himself.”

Link: The Raw Story | Report: Cheney backs off on claim that he is 'fourth branch of government'