get root element on selector
<p>Is there a way to get the root element on a selector?</p>

<p>It came to my attention that a selector such as</p>

<pre><code>document.getElementById("chk").checked
</code></pre>

<p>gets the property for a checkbox - and if it changes, it reflects that value.</p>

<p>For jQuery 1.9.1</p>

<pre><code>$("#chk").checked
</code></pre>

<p>no longer returns the property whereas </p>

<pre><code>$("#chk").prop('checked');
</code></pre>

<p>does return the property.</p>

<p><strong>My question is, is there a way, from a selector jQuery object such as $('#chck') to get the base element so that a .checked would work?</strong></p>

<p>Note that I filed a jQuery bug on the checkbox property issue, as that seems like it should work but that is not my question specifically.</p>
