No, Sen. Kennedy didn't call out Sen. Lieberman by name in his Courant column published today. But Cheney's comments this week (about Lamont's victory encouraging "Al Qaeda types") were for all intents and purposes the same as Lieberman's (about Lamont's policies being "taken as a tremendous victory by the same people who wanted to blow up these planes in this plot hatched in England.") Read the whole thing:

The comments [the Vice President] made on the result of the Connecticut Democratic primary - that it might encourage "the al-Qaida types" who want to "break the will of the American people in terms of our ability to stay in the fight and complete the task" - are an attack not just on Democrats, but on democracy itself.

What happened in Connecticut is in fact a model for democracies everywhere. The people of the state heard a vigorous debate between two competing visions of how to protect this country. Young citizens became deeply involved, and turnout was high. The primary reminded us of the miracle of our democracy, in which the nation is ruled by its people - not by any entrenched set of leaders. There are few better messages we could send the world in these troubled times....

Ned Lamont's victory in Connecticut scares Cheney for one simple reason: It demonstrates that a free and independent people can and do hold public officials accountable for their words and deeds.

If the terrorists are indeed paying any attention to the Connecticut primary results, they must be worried.

The people of Connecticut spoke out loud and clear in favor of change. Ned Lamont will stand strong for the people of Connecticut, and put tough and smart foreign policies ahead of the politics of fear and more "stay the course" failures. Republicans will stop at nothing to make sure that the November elections are not a referendum on their misguided policy in Iraq or on the way they have run our country for the past six years. Unfortunately, this time the facts are getting in their way.

I wonder what Sen. Kennedy thinks about Sen. Lieberman (Lieberman-CT) constantly invoking his brother's name and legacy to justify his continued support of Bush's failed policy in Iraq, and his continued undermining of the Democratic party, now from outside the party itself. And I also wonder if that played any part in this editorial appearing not in the Boston Globe, but in the Hartford Courant today.