@Html.RadioButtonFor(x => x.Something, "radioValue", new { @checked = "checked"})
or if you are attached to a model, then
@Html.RadioButtonFor(x => x.Something, "radioValue", new { @checked = Model.checked})
if we try something like this, where x.checked is a database binding. regardless of truth or falsehood. the last radio button in the list is marked, the rest of them are not marked.
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