Loved the lingo! Understood it all! You're #1 GI
If we indeed believe in the rally cry Principle Before Party!,
then what #10 did was follow some hidden principle. Very probably he was swayed by the personal call from the Impostor in Chief.
My point is to hammer him as a traitor was to use the reverse paradigm of Party before Principle - You were a republican, vote with the republicans.
I'd much rather have democrats agreeing with republicans over principles, than to worry about one republican that crossed the line.
His agenda is now out. His principles have been revealed. His district will now have to decide in Nov '10 what to do with him.
He did what they wanted. He is in a highly democratic district.