People Loyalty or Party Loyalty

I was at an interesting meeting the other night. During this particular meeting a woman spoke out about a Congressman John Barrows. She was speaking about his 94% voting rate with the democratic side. She was actually angry that it wasn't 100%. I understood from a democratic standpoint but, I just couldn't agree with someone continuously playing it safe like that. This is a guy that voted yes to extend "The Patriot Act" which directly infringes on many of our civil liberties. Forget Party Loyalty what about People Loyalty?