Assuming the following code has been written:
self.firstRadioButton = Radiobutton(self.__canvas, text="ONE", fg=\'white\', bg=BACKGROUND_COLOR, vari
The way it works - is you do not check which radio buttons is selected, rather you bind a radio button to an event.
You have to bind the radio button to a function or event. reference these articles: http://www.java2s.com/Tutorial/Python/0360__Tkinker/BindvariabletoRadioButton.htm http://effbot.org/tkinterbook/tkinter-events-and-bindings.htm
Try something similar to:
self.secondRadioButton.bind('', self.__function_name_that_should_run_when_radiobtn_selected)