Oh yes. And I have said just that to him.
He's a great guy, extremely intelligent, highly educated. But he was born in 1929 and liberal Democrat is hard coded into his DNA.
As an example, I got him to read this piece:
http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2013/01/european-murder-rates-compared-to.html
and he finally, finally admitted in writing that I was correct about 2A and "gun control". 3 weeks later you would have sworn that never happened. He went back to (government) run militia crap, all the boilerplate hooey that the left repeats ad nauseam. When I pointed out the article and how he agreed with it, no response. Never happened.
This is why I quit with liberals. And unfortunately why I believe we have lost the culture war, that in the end it will come down to complete capitulation or forcible resistance. The Left will never allow compromise or middle ground. With them it's scorched earth, period.
The libs are like a dog who won’t let go of that rotten, tattered ole chew toy