Months ago, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly predicted the Supreme Court would strike down President Obama’s health care reform law in a 5-4 decision. So confident was he, O’Reilly promised to “apologize for being an idiot” if the court ruled in favor of the law. Fast-forward to Monday, when Bill O’Reilly kept his word — more or less.“Okay, I’m not really sorry,” he said. “But I am a man of my word, so I apologize for not factoring in the John Roberts situation. Truthfully, I never in a million years thought the Chief Justice would go beyond the scope of the Commerce Clause debate and into taxation. I may be an idiot for not considering that.”
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=97407