Politics: Olympia Snowe may be alone on health care, but she doesn’t mind
- I’d rather have company. But it’s a different political world we’re in. . . Most people represent either red states or blue states.
- Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine • Discussing her status as the lone GOP member of congress willing to stick her neck out to get health care approved. Unlike a lot of Republicans, Snowe doesn’t really have much to lose. She won with 74% of the vote in 2006, and many are supportive of her stance in the state. • source