Surprise! James O'Keefe chickened out.

Of course, he went on Hannity's show last night and whined about “journalistic malpractice,” because nasty, corrupt, liberal news outlets mistakenly reported O'Keefe and his pals and been charged with trying to “bug' Mary Landrieu's phone.

But what did O'Keefe not do? He didn't mention that the right-wing NY Post made the exact same reporting error. In fact, for days now nobody on the right has acknowledged this unpleasant reality. The Post's glaring mistake is the Subject That Must Not Be Mentioned.

Why? Because it's very existence demolishes the beloved right-wing memo about a liberal media conspired to smear O'Keefe. But oops, how can it be a liberal conspiracy if Murdoch's NY Post was in on it, too? Note to mention lots of right-wing blogs.

So instead, last night O'Keefe played dumb. Very convincingly.