[SeekAndFind]

Harry Byrd Jr. WAS a Democrat prior to switching to Independent in 1970 according to Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_F._Byrd,_Jr.

[pgkdan]

That’s true, but Coulter’s point was that they were all Democrats and remained democrats. My point is that Byrd did not remain a democrat but my point is moot since Coulter and I were referring to different Byrds...

[riverdawg]

Harry Byrd Jr. WAS a Democrat prior to switching to Independent in 1970 according to Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_F._Byrd,_Jr.

The original reference in the post was to the elder Harry Byrd, who was a life-long Democrat. It was the son who became an Independent.