Print this article The intraparty feud between Republicans Liz Cheney and Kevin McCarthy is small and inconsequential, but with her op-ed in the Washington Post on Wednesday, Cheney really has just become a self-promoting nag. We get it. She wants people to know how principled and brave she is by lecturing her own party about the need to make nice with Democrats on the 2020 election. And yes, that's exactly what it is she's doing. Her op-ed is one long chew-out of Republicans, haranguing them to "be brave enough to defend the basic principles that underpin and protect our freedom and our democratic process."