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Keith stayed at his fathers bedside for what turned out to be his final days. i hosted all but one. keiths time away from the show last year was not a restful one. there was certainly no time to rest when he returned. consider what keith invented and taught us to do. op-ed tv. the incomparable maureen dowd is a friend of mine. i know if told her i want to do five op-ed columns in a week, she would te me thats impossible and ask me if i know how hard it is to do even one. i do know. ive done a fe...

Thats why i marvelled, as any writer must, at what keith was doing five op-eds a week, each of them much, much longer than the standard 800 words. this is the only place in television where people are surprised if you leave after eight years. in the entertainment division of this company, if a show like, say, "the west wing" wins every possible award and runs for seven years, everyone just applauds an extraordinary show for an extraordinary run. i saw -- i saw exactly how exhausted the great aar...