Quote Originally Posted by Animeniax
Kabuto is a career follower. He idolizes and worships Orochimaru. Therefore he can't be the best. He needs someone to tell him what to do all the time.
I think you maybe mean Kimimaro? Or Haku?

People seem to be forgetting that there was a time when we were led to believe that Kabuto might betray Orochimaru... when he was helpless with his stone-arms, and as Kabuto was questioning the lengths to which Oro was going to acquire Sasuke (jealousy?), the relationship between them was strained. Oro directly addresed this, directly questioning Kabuto about his loyalty. Hell, they even had a cliffhanger (either mid-episode or at the end of one) where Tsunade meets with Oro, supposedly to give him back his power, and Kabuto intervenes against Oro's wishes. Oro turns, snarling at Kabuto's intrusion, and at that point I really believed Kabuto had betrayed him.

To me, he's one of the less loyal bad guys, as he's actually questioned his master's decision. I don't see how you can put him on the same level as Haku and Kimi, two obsessively loyal followers. I've never seen that much indication that Kabuto 'idealizes' Oro, but he does seem to think it's best to stick with him. I don't think his motivation for doing so has been made clear yet.