I would disagree with the "regular guy" comment but Jesus did plead with the Father in the Garden of Gethsemane to "remove this cup" (i.e. betrayal and death) from him if there was any other alternative. He also relented by saying "not my way but Thy way be done", an example all of us should follow.
This example is also cited to portray Jesus' "humanness". He would have preferred not to have suffered on the Cross but chose to obey His Father.
In any other context, I would agree with you. But it’s O’Reilly, and I don’t trust that he understands any of that. He has said he likes going to church because it’s a place you can be quiet and peaceful; he’s spoken dismissively of “Bible thumpers” and stated that the Bible is just allegorical stories; and there was the recent thread detailing his claim that the book is an attempt to “correct” the Gospels.
I believe he should have stayed far away from the subject of Jesus, because he’s going to end up misleading people.