Put In His Place

I will try to explain this without naming names.

Last night, I watched a weekly news show on a major Catholic television network. The host of this show is quite the arrogant blowhard. He was discussing the efforts to bring about health care/health insurance reform. Being unabashedly supportive of one party, the host was decrying how foolhardy it is to try to bring about reform and that reform wasn't needed.

Then the host brought on a senior staff member of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Now, the USCCB is no bastion of liberalism. This expert exposed the host for the blowhard that he is. It actually reached the point where the host was forced to choose between his partisan prejudices related to health care reform and the USCCB position on health care reform. The host chose the former. When the segment ended, the host had the famous "dear in the headlights" look.