Good point, Pablo. I don't put stock in such ratings.
Mark Twain said, "There are lies and then there are lies and then there are damn statistics."
Exactly. Hagel is slick enough to know which key issues will keep him labled as a "conservative" but if you really pay attention to him you see the true politician come through. Our dem senator Ben Nelson votes on the side of some fairly conservative issues, but I wouldn't go so far as to call him a Reagan democrat (although sometimes he seems more conservative than Hagel!).