Too much Snowe

I couldn't help snorting when I read this:

Senator Olympia J. Snowe, a Maine Republican who had been considered a possible Democratic ally, said she would oppose the measure because it was being rushed. “It is a take-it-or-leave-it package,” she said.

That's the height of absurdity. Olympia J. Snowe could have anything she wanted in this bill, had she chosen not to act in lock step with her party's leadership in opposing any bill.