harmlessrabbit,
uhh... cheney was the secretary of defense at the time, kerry was a legislator. a secretary cannot cancel a program w/out congress' consent because all budgets for these programs must be approved/rejected by congress. the secretary (cheney) did recommend that the apache be canceled, apparently the senator from massachussetts agreed with him. neither man "killed" the bill singlehandedly... that just isn't how our government works.
is it hypocritical to say that kerry voted against the apache while someone in Bush's administration did the same? yeah, i think so. you were saying that cheney killed the apache therefore excluding kerry from responsibility (which isn't true), so hypocrisy really isn't the heart of your contention.
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