LARRY ROIBAL

Ball point pen on the morning newsprint

After the party-line vote has brought the debate to the floor by the slimmest of margins, few believe the Democrats can hold all 60 votes. All eyes now turn to the moderate Republican from Maine, Olympia Snowe.

Ball point pen on the morning newsprint

Is Health Care back from the dead? Senate majority leader Harry Reid’s bill has both a state opt out and a trigger for a public option, but the prognosis is still bleak that there is 60 votes.