People will build up the story for the next couple of days—a theme already being echoed throughout the communication channels that make up political chatter. 2009 was a bad year for centrists in a highly politicized Washington. Moderate Democrats were the ones to face the wrath of a nation growing weary of minimal results and continued in-fighting on Capitol Hill. Therefore, Bayh’s retirement should come as no surprise, the thinking goes. It was due, especially now that information is coming forward that his staff had heard speculation of his pending retirement for several months. However, there is more to this...