Republican Senator Olympia Snowe said she will vote for a Democratic health care bill being debated by the Senate Finance Committee today.  Breaking from her party, Snowe is the first Republican to back healthcare reform.

A YouTube video shows Snowe discussing why she is in support of the bill.

According to the Associated Press Snowe’s support could mean “the 60th vote required to overcome Republican objections to the bill.”  This would also mean that the final version of the bill would be called bi-partisan.

This is not the first time Snowe has has broken with the Republican Party.

Hundreds of Twitter users are upset with Snowe’s vote.

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   KTrader (Arizona) Olympia Snowe is a poster child of what is wrong with the Republican party which has once again become the Democratic Party Lite. 13 Oct 2009 from web
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   sungenis (Vineland, NJ) Thank you, Senator Snowe, and the Democrats on the Finance Committee, for wanting me to die quicker and poorer. I will remember. 13 Oct 2009 from TweetDeck
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   mikieelmo (Tennessee) #Olympia Snowe SOLD OUT OUR CHILDREN AND GRAND CHILDREN … 13 Oct 2009 from web
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   et1123 (Tacoma, WA) Olympia Snowe is a turncoat of the worst kind. Why does she pretend to be a conservative/republican? She is a liberal through and through 13 Oct 2009 from web
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   whiskers7 (Maine) It really aggravates me about Snowe since I live here , I can’t believe that she could be so completely naive 13 Oct 2009 from web

 Hundreds of other Twitter users are grateful of her vote and support the Maine Senator.

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   mbattistella (Charlotte, NC) Yeah! Olympia Snowe to vote for the Healthcare Reform Bill!! Awesome 13 Oct 2009 from web
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   rabidbnlfan (Baltimore, MD) Cudos for Olympia Snowe!!! A Republican with a mind of her own and backbone!! Very impressed! 13 Oct 2009 from web
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   AnedaCko (Undisclosed) Thank you Olympia Snowe for voting Health Care Reform. Too bad Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark) didn’t have the balls to help women and children. 13 Oct 2009 from web
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   cpaladines (New York, NY) Thank you Olympia Snowe. This might just happen, eh? 13 Oct 2009 from TweetDeck
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   anniebeecoffee (Undisclosed) Thank you for stepping forward, Ms. Snowe!! 13 Oct 2009 from web

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