When Snowe Says No

The National Journal, a non-partisan political journal, ranks U.S. legislators yearly on a liberal-to-conservative scale. Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME) is usually ranked the #1 most liberal Republican in the Senate. In fact, the Journal rated 3 Democrat senators--Bayh, Nelson, and Landrieu--as more conservative than the senior senator from Maine.

Nevertheless, on Sunday, Snowe took a stand against a "public option" to solve the health care problem.

“I’ve urged the president to take the public option off the table,” Snowe said on the CBS “Face the Nation” program. “It’s universally opposed by Republicans,” Snowe said.

When Snowe says no, consider that option dead.