Cheney Lobbied Tory MP's For Tony Blair

"I have tremendous respect for prime minister Blair. He is a Labour party liberal and I am a conservative Republican, and we didn't always agree on strategy or tactics. But America had no greater ally during our time in office."His speeches about the war were some of the most eloquent I've been privileged to hear."Mr Cheney, whose secretive disposition and neo-con credentials made him a hate figure on the left, claimed he played a role in tipping the balance in the run-up to the Commons vote authorising war in 2003."At the request of the British, I had called a number of the Tories, including Iain Duncan Smith, the Conservative leader," Mr Cheney writes."He was, on this issue, a rock of support for Blair." Read More.