When the Finance Committe finally votes on its health care bill (probably Tuesday), all eyes will be on Maine Republican Olympia Snowe. But we'd like to point out:

-- if she votes "yes" in committee, it's a good sign but not a sure thing that she will vote "yes" on the floor and again on a final House-Senate compromise.

-- if she votes "no," it does not mean that she will not ultimately vote "yes" on the floor or on the conference report.

And one Snowe story:

Six years ago, one of my nieces, then 12, was visiting us in Washington, and I took her to the Hill with me. She's a suburban kid, and I forgot to warn her to hold on tight when the little Hart building subway car pulled out from under the Capitol. She lost her balance, and landed in the lap of Sen. Snowe.

As usual, Sen. Snowe was very gracious and I introduced them.  "Sen. Snowe, this is my niece Tikva. Tikva, this is Sen. Snowe. Sen. Snowe has great clothes and lots of power."

Snowe smiled. "I'm not sure about the power."

Wonder what Max Baucus and Harry Reid think about her fashion sense these days.