I didn't say you used the word "moderate". I used it and put it in quotes to denote my disdain for its application to him. I'm well aware of Bayh's reputation and history. I've listened to him in plenty of interviews and on the Senate Floor. I listen to all of these politicians.
He established himself with his comments yesterday and his declaration to vote no on Rice and his actual vote, not only as a partisan, but an extreme partisan.
My take was that he was just voting against Condi as a ruse, so the left of the party would think well of him. Now I'm convinced that no matter why he voted against her, it will come back to bite him on the butt. (Good news as far as I'm concerned, because until this vote, he was the only demo candidate that I feared in 2008.)