To the rest of the world he was the vice president of the United States, but we all called him “the boss.” He was the ultimate boss.

Dick Cheney was tough. That part of him is widely understood. Almost everything else is misunderstood. Working for him for eight years, the man I got to know, admire and respect was nothing like the guy portrayed in public.

As a boss, he expected a lot. If you couldn’t deliver, you wouldn’t be around for long. If you could, he was amazing to work for. Think of any quality you want in a boss, and Dick Cheney had it.

The White House can be a chaotic place. You deal with constant emergencies as the weight of the world’s biggest questions looms overhead. In the midst of all that constant drama, the boss was as close to drama-free as you could get. He kept a very regular schedule and stuck to it as much as he could. He got out in front of issues as early as possible, minimizing emergencies to things truly outside of our control.

More importantly, the boss loved to spend time with his family. He didn’t just allow us to do the same, he encouraged it, at least as much as jobs like ours allowed. His commitment to family was so great that Air Force Two in those days was often full of kids. The boss’s grandchildren were on board, many times alongside my own children. After the administration ended, I remember boarding a commercial flight with my son Charlie, who was about 4 years old. He asked if we could go........

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