As Panel Votes Today, Democrats Look Ahead  —  The Senate Finance Committee will hold a landmark vote on health-care reform legislation Tuesday that is expected to underscore the deep partisan divisions that have emerged and hardened over five months of debate.

Dumb “Reform”  —  Today's big news story is the release of a report by PriceWaterhouseCoopers on the impact the Senate Finance Committee's health care “reform” bill will have on health insurance premiums.  PWC concluded that the cost of health insurance for the average family will rise by $4,000 by 2019, as compared with doing nothing:

Insurers face blowback after report  —  In the health care reform debate, where playing nice has been the rule, a scathing insurance industry report looked to critics Monday like a grenade aimed at scuttling progress in Congress.  —  But it also looked to some like too little, too late.

Snowe ‘aye’ or ‘nay’ today will drive the fall - What she should do to preserve leverage; what it'll mean for reconciliation talk — Ignagni, Tauzin tie at 12 on GQ's ‘50 Most Powerful People in D.C.’  —  EXCLUSIVE — The men's mag GQ will be out today with “The 50 Most Powerful People in D.C. ...

Views on Afghanistan Buildup Bring Clinton and Gates Together in an Alliance  —  WASHINGTON — The last time the Obama administration arrived at a moment of truth in the debate over what to do about Afghanistan, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Robert M. Gates delivered a one-two punch in favor of a more ambitious approach.