>> i've been asked if that nickname bothers me, and the answer is no. after all, darth vader's one of the nicer things i've been called recently. >> there's a strong case that dick cheney is america's foremost political villain of the past decade, but there was one issue that he had integrity on. >> with respect to the question of gay marriage, lynn and i have a gay daughter, so it's an issue that our family's very familiar with. freedom means freedom for everyone. i think freedom means freedom for everybody. freedom means freedom for everyone. people ought to be free to enter into any kind of union they wish. >> like so many other people across the country who have come to the side of equality on gay rights, it's because of a personal connection on the issue. dick cheney's daughter, mary, has been her father's political adviser and is openly gay. she's married with two children living in the northern virginia suburbs. and as "the new york times"