Give Vice President Mike Pence credit for loyalty to his boss, but give former Vice President Dick Cheney even more credit for the courage of his correct convictions.

Reports have emerged about a cordial but pointed and extended colloquy last weekend between the two veeps at the American Enterprise Institute World Forum, a conference in Sea Island, Ga. Cheney reportedly offered numerous criticisms of President Donald Trump’s conduct of foreign policy, with Pence gamely trying to defend the administration.