Even though it might feel good to stick it to the Maine senator, and punish her for her vote on the Finance Committee, the fact is that her lone wolf stand on health care reform was only "to move the process along," as she says in this Politico piece by Lisa Lerer and Manu Raju:"My job as whip is not to twist her arm but to bring all the information that we can bring to bear on the issue and hope that people vote the way we would like to see them vote," said McConnell's No. 2, Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.).Kyl said a heavy-handed approach "doesn't work."And indeed, it could backfire - not just with Snowe but with other Republicans who've indicated that they could cross over to help Democrats pass some of President Barack Obama's top domestic policy initiatives.In an op-ed in The New York Times over the weekend, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) suggested that he's open to supporting a Democratic climate change bill. And in an interview published this...(Read Full Post)