Republican Sens. Olympia Snowe of Maine and Jon Kyl of Arizona during Tuesday's session of the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 13, 2009. With the Senate Finance Committee meeting on Tuesday to vote on the big health care legislation, all the attention was focused on Sen. Snowe who is the only Republican on the panel who has expressed willingness to support the bill. (Stephen Crowley/The New York Times) Photo: Stephen Crowley, NYT