Cheney on Libby, inappropriate?

"Speaking as friends, we hope that our system will return a final result consistent with what we know of this fine man," is what Cheney said about the recent sentencing of "Scooter" Libby.

John Barrett, former Iran-Contra prosecutor said, "It's a disappointment whenever a person who occupies a high office and takes an oath doesn't respond to a demonstrated serious criminal event in a serious governmental way."

"It's an adversary process and I understand the personal dimension, but the United States is the side of the case that President Bush and Vice President Cheney are on. Those are their jobs," Barrett now a law professor at St. John's University in New York City said.

(To read some now on this, click here for the AP article)

I think this bring up an interesting question: Were VP Cheney's comment inappropriate for someone in his position? Exactly where should the lines of personal feelings and political integrity be drawn?