Just to put this to rest, I say Kerry should announce that he wants to meet personally with the Cheneys, to apologize in person. Screw it -- it's just an apology, not a pound of flesh, and it will get his campaign past this.

Of course, the Bush team wants it to go on as long as possible, so maybe Cheney will tell Kerry, in effect, to go fuck himself. If that happens, it's a huge Kerry win.