O’Reilly is television journalism's version of McCain.
Oooh! Pithy! You should send that one in to him. :)
Good call.
That's the exact reason why I stopped watching him about a year ago!
Very appropos.
In one way, though, McCain is worse. O'Reilly has no formal allegiance or obligation; Fox is not a conservative network, and while O's prominence is thanks to conservatives (due to those times when he is very, very good), it's no formal relationship (so he's free to be very, very horrid).
McCain, on the other hand, is a Republican. He owes his position to the GOP. He is where he is solely because of GOP support. He should be a Republican. When he does what he does the way he does it, it's treachery, on that level; it's betrayal.
O'Reilly is like McCain, but McMeMeMe is worse.