Is Ron Wyden a "right winger" who is "not true to Democratic values?"

[Ken Burch]

11. Then again, he was an active opponent of the "public option"

as early as 2009, so I don't think it's that.

I wonder if it's some weird, late-career squeamishness about getting called "socialist" or something? That sometimes hits liberal politicians and makes them start dialing their liberalism back big-time. It's strange that that should come up with Wyden, since he was solidly re-elected in 2010 and has no reason to think he faces any serious threat of defeat if he stands for another term in 2016. The Oregon GOP simply isn't producing candidates who are electable in statewide races anymore.