Back in September, I wrote about Two-Faced Towns: Rep. Ed Towns of New York (Brooklyn) who became one of the 15 so-called Democrats who voted for the Central American Free Trade Agreement. We honored him by inducting him into the CAFTA 15 project.

And now Towns has one declared primary opponent: City Councilman Charles Barron. I’ve known Barron since he first ran for the city council and he would certainly be a huge improvement when it comes to labor issues. Towns may face more than one primary opponent and his defeat would be a welcome development: politicians who don’t represent the principles of their constituents don’t deserve re-election.