President Obama appeared on five Sunday morning talk shows to "reclaim the health care debate" but all eyes are on one person -- Maine Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe -- who may have heard his message.

"I'm going to support the right policy. That's what guides me and governs me; it always has, and I think the right policy will garner the votes," Snowe told John Harwood of the New York Times and CNBC. "I will vote for the right policy. That's what I've always done -- that has been my guiding light."

President Obama hopes that her guiding light will shine on the path that the Democrats are on. We'll  learn a lot more about where Snowe stands when the Finance Committee takes up the America's Healthy Future Act of 2009 markup Tuesday morning

Democrats hope she will provide a measure of bipartisan support, and  the 60th vote needed to block a Republican filibuster.

She has signed onto several amendments alongside Democrats. She has also, specifically and interestingly, proposed an amendment that would create a safety net public plan in a state if reforms don't bring about affordable coverage for 95 percent of state residents.. Here are some details:

This amendment establishes a non-profit government corporation through which a "safety net" plan would be provided in any state in which affordable coverage was not available in the Exchange to at least 95 percent of state residents. An individual would be deemed to have affordable access if either of two conditions is met. First, two or more plans are offered with premiums -- the cost of which does not exceed a specified percentage of the individual‘s adjusted gross income (AGI), after deducting any available tax credit or employer subsidy from the cost of such premium. The percentage contribution shall range from 3 percent of AGI at 133 percent of the Federal Poverty Level, to 13 percent at 300 percent and above.

We'll find out soon enough if her amendments are adopted, but as Ezra Klein of The Washington Post argues, "Her unique role in the debate means they're pretty likely to be adopted, and their adoption could potentially win her over to the bill."

Snowe explained to Harwood that ideally, she would like to have more Republicans on board. When he asked if she needed to have them, she responded, "Well no - I'm going to support the right policy. People really want to get something done."

Which makes us believe that something very well might.