Did Dick Cheney Call George Bush Out On Funding Measure?

(Dang. I didn't realize how late it was. I don't like posting and running but it's like 2a almost where I am and I have to be up in 4 hours for a 12 hour shift. I hope you understand that I need to go to bed. Anyways, this diary just occurred to me as an idea and I figured I'd float it out here. Talk amongst yourselves I guess....

Speaking in front of the Republican Jewish Coalition at the oceanside Ritz-Carlton hotel in Manalapan, Fla. about the winning vote on the Iraq appropriations measure that just passed in the House by a 218-212 vote and provides $124 billion to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as including a resolution to begin withdrawing troops by September 2008, or possibly earlier, Dick Cheney referred to the measure in this manner:

Cheney called it a myth that "one can support the troops without giving them the tools and reinforcements they need to carry out their mission."

The bill provides the funding. Pending approval in the Senate which some see as the battleground for a possible filibuster but which others, including myself, also see as an opportunity for many Republicans facing decisive and tough re-election bids coming up to possibly decide it's in their interest not to filibuster and to simply vote because they don't want this vote on war appropriations sitting in their lap when it's campaign time, this measure may very well end up in Bush's lap and as everyone knows, Bush has threatened to veto the bill.

If Bush vetoes the bill, Cheney will have just lumped Bush in with the same crowd he was criticizing when speaking about this vote when he continued and said:

"They're not supporting the troops. They're undermining them,"

There's always the possibility of Bush issuing a signing statement to invalidate the vote in the event he ends up signing the bill to avoid the conflict that would arise from vetoing it.

But if he doesn't, and he signs off on the bill, are we now in a position to say to the President...

...'check?'