According to <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/1026-07.htm" source="Common Dreams">Cheney Looms Large in Latest Twist of CIA Leak Drama</a>: <bq>McClellan was also asked by reporters whether Cheney always told Americans the truth. ... 'Yes,' he said. 'The vice president, like the president, is a straightforward, plainspoken person.'</bq> Scott McClellan died at 16:34 later that day from third degree burn wounds suffered from multiple lightning strikes.