>I think in the case of Krauthammer you can pretty much bet on it. Of course, who's paying him does have a connection to his opinions. i doubt he'll be offered a job in the Obama administration or to write the forward for Michael Moore's next book.

I still fail to see what qualifies him as so great. His praise of the speech about which he was consulted (ergo, had some say in the making of) without disclosing that he was involved in the making... sounds like a speechwriter applauding and taking notes while his boss delivers the speech.

In Serbia, that's called a suppository. Here, it may be whatever the money he makes means.