Yes, they sure do get preachy. And the excuses they use to get people off are unbelievable.
Only benefit to watching, is like the West Wing, gives you an idea what they are really up to. They being the opposition party!
Did you see it tonight?
They actually made the Dems the bad guys.
It was about outing an undercover police officer for political reasons ,via the press. It was the Valrie Plame story with a few changes.