The Washington Post ran an interesting chart about how senators voted on Saturday. It included the uninsurance rate back home, and the health industry contributions they have received (although it wasn't clear either there, or on OpenSecrets.org exactly how this particular chart defines the health industry -- and of course some sectors of the health industry favor reform). But no matter how you look at the relationships between the votes and those numbers, it did come down -- no surprise, unfortunately -- to a party line vote.

USA Today also has a piece on the massive amount of lobbying money being spent on the health care battle.  It seems that just about everybody has hired a lobbyist, and the total cost exceeded $422 million during the first nine months of 2009. The paper also has a useful run down of what four provider groups (doctors, hospitals, drug companies and insurers) and four health insurance purchasers or consumers (employers, the insured, seniors, and the uninsured) stand to win and lose under current versions of the legislation.