Why can't radio buttons be “readonly”?

Question

I would like to show a radio button, have its value submitted, but depending on the circumstances, have it not editable. Disabled doesn\'t work, because it doesn\'t submit t

Answer 1

What about capturing an "On_click()" event in JS and checking it like here?:

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33043