Collins will filibuster any bill with a public option as well.
Snowe wants a trigger public option that starts in 5 to 6 years from now under the conditions that the insurance companies will meet certain requirements during this period but in reality a trigger never really gets triggered and that is why the left wing lunatics are so much against trigger public option.
Insurance companies are BIG employers in CT. Good jobs that pay well and are needed badly in this economy. Aetna is huge and I doubt Joe will cross them.
I think Maine also has some insurers. Cigna is not HQ in ME (they are in PA) but they have operations in Maine. I am suprised Cigna did not muscle the PA scum senators. Big Blue Cross operation in Maine.