[thelist] XHTML form radio button code not validating

[Sharon F. Malone]

Am doing my second XHTML 1.0 Trans site ... and first form. Everything validates except 3 radio buttons.

My code reads: <td colspan="2"><b>Please contact me regarding a custom quote for Service Coverage:</b><br /><div align="center">Yes<input type="radio" name="customquote" value="yes" checked tabindex="21" />&#160;&#160;&#160;No<input type="radio" name="customquote" value="no"/></div></td>

I get this error message from the W3C validator:

the name and VI delimiter can be omitted from an attribute specification only if SHORTTAG YES is specified 
  ...me="customquote" value="yes" checked tabindex="21" />&#160;&#160;&#160;No<inp

and I just don't understand what I'm doing wrong. 

Could someone give me a clue as to how to specify a SHORTTAG YES? 

Should I remove the checked attribute entirely? I checked out my XHTML book and couldn't even find "checked" so maybe I can no longer use it?
     
URL: http://www.24caratdesign.com/SSSI/register.html

Thanks,
Sharon                                    
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Sharon F. Malone
"web design and Internet writing services"
http://www.24caratdesign.com
sfmalo at 24caratdesign.com
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