"Middle of the road" Partisanship?

This AP story reports that "a key Senate committee Tuesday approved a middle-of-the-road health care plan that moves President Barack Obama's goal of wider and affordable coverage a giant step closer to becoming law". Only one Republican, Olympia Snowe from Maine, voted in favor. The other 9 Republicans in the committee voted against. The headline of the article is "Senate panel OKs middle-of-the-road health plan". Really? Does one person crossing party lines make this a bipartisan plan? Unbelievable.

This bill is so "middle of the road" that a separate AP story says "About 30 unions will run a full-page ad in newspapers Wednesday announcing their opposition to the Senate Finance Committee's health overhaul bill".

I guess the AP decided a bill that is not even supported by a key Democratic constituency and only supported by one Republican is supposed to be praised as an accomplishment.