I don't know if anyone knew this, but McLaughlin fired Robert Novak off his show in 1989 because he thought Novak was hogging air time. Novak got even with McLaughlin when he wrote a column about McLaughlin having an affair with a lady who worked as a Production Assistant at his production company (Oliver Productions). This forced McLaughlin to divorce his wife (who at the time was Undersectary of Labor in the George H.W. Bush Administration) and marry the young Production Assistant.
Luckilly, when I got Cable in the Fall of 1998, I quit watching this GAGFEST and watched a show with real political arguments..."Hannity & Colmes!"
Wow, didn't know that. thanks.