,,, hang him out to dry BUMP. This issue has my attention Oppo. Thanx for the ping.
Thank you, Shag, for responding, even though it is a foreign issue for you, in a way (and in a way, not).
The moral of the story for O'Reilly: Live by the big _V_ (as in Eve Ensler's _V_--you know, the V word), die by the _V_.