I think the entire situation is funny. Cheney is most certainly entitled to his opinion, and to express it to anyone who cares to listen. But when he states he would rather have Rush Limbaugh in the Republican party than Colin Powell

Cheney, with 5 deferments, would choose Limbaugh, with a medical deferment for a knee injury or pilonidal cyst – take your pick. On the other hand he could have chosen Powell, 2 tours in Vietnam, 35 years of service to this country.