House of Cheney, Interrupted

“Serious health issues have recently arisen in our family, and under the circumstances I have decided to discontinue my campaign.” With that message, on Monday morning, Liz Cheney ended her short, gruelling effort to dislodge Senator Mike Enzi, of Wyoming, and extend her clan’s political fortunes. Cheney, a mother of five, did not expand on those health issues, but her supporters said they concerned her kids, not her father, Dick, who had a heart transplant last year. In her statement, the...