ALL THOSE "COMPROMISES" AND NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT...:

Snowe falls away, leaving Senate Dems without GOP health support (Alexander Bolton and Jeffrey Young, 09/15/09, The Hill)

Senate Democrats are going to have to move forward on healthcare without a single Republican supporter after Sen. Olympia Snowe said Tuesday she could not back the Finance Committee’s bill.

Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) failed to win any Republican backer despite weeks of intense negotiations behind closed doors to strike a deal.