YouTube catches the V.P. Does it matter?

Television is obsessed with Karl Rove, but the Internet is focused on Dick Cheney. A YouTube video posted a few days ago shows the Vice President thirteen years ago, saying things about Iraq that today would sound like a statement from one of his critics. He even goes as far as to say that invading Baghdad would result in a “quagmire.”

Does this really mean anything? And what will be the lasting effect of this type of footage showing up on the Internet?

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the YouTube video here.

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