Noted conservative commentator William F. Buckley just passed away. Through the magic of YouTube, you can relive his most famous moment in the national limelight, when he debated liberal writer Gore Vidal on the merits of the anti-war protests during the 1968 Chicago Democratic convention. The video quality is lousy, but the sound is good enough for you to hear Vidal refer to Buckley as a "crypto-Nazi" and Buckley to call Vidal a "queer" who should "stay plastered."

Sort of puts today's slugfests on the cable chat shows in context, no?

UPDATE: Here's a spot-on parody of Buckley's "Firing Line." Don't miss it.