UPDATED: Hatch says there’s only one moderate Dem

There’s only one moderate left in the Democratic caucus, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said today.

Appearing on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Hatch said that since the days he entered the Senate, the parties have become more polarized and less willing to work together.

“You [used to have] at least 12 conservatives that you could call conservatives on the Democratic side,” Hatch said. “We probably had about 12 liberals on our side, and it was much more balanced.”

“Today, there’s only one moderate, as I see it, real moderate, in the Democratic United States senate,” Hatch continued, “and on the Republican side we’ve gone pretty conservative, we only ahve two liberals on the Republican side, as I can see it now.”

So who is the only Democratic moderate? (I’ll assume for the moment that Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins are the Republican “liberals.”) The obvious choice would be Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), who’s been pretty skeptical about healthcare reform, among other liberal initiatives.

But what about Max Baucus? Kent Conrad? Evan Bayh? Does Hatch not consider them moderates?

UPDATE: Hatch’s office confirms that the senator was referring to Ben Nelson on the Democratic side, and Snowe/Collins on the Republican side. So there you go–Baucus, Conrad, Bayh, are all liberals.