Alan Colmes iPhones In His Effort on 'The O'Reilly Factor' (VIDEO)

We got rare insight into the coping strategy of the mild one during Tuesday's 'The O'Reilly Factor' (weeknights, 8 PM ET on Fox News), which was being guest hosted by Laura Ingraham.

As Ingraham and Colmes fired well-worn 'Ground Zero Mosque' talking points at one another, the camera cut to Colmes, and caught him blatantly playing around with his iPhone.

Was he getting instructions from liberal central? Nay, we bet he was texting someone -- maybe to say how the "show sux when billo is gone."

Or perhaps he was just playing Zombie Attack.