The U.S. Senate just voted 60-39 to advance the health care bill, exposing deep division that will continue to play out during debate after Thanksgiving. Florida Senators reflected the party line vote.

"This is a debate that we must have. It is a debate that we cannot afford not to have," Democrat Bill Nelson said in a speech Friday, adding there is "room for improvement" and "that's why we need to debate it." Nelson said he would offer an amendment to force an additional $100 billion in savings from drug makers. "So let the debate begin," he declared.

Republican George LeMieux echoed party leaders who assert the plan amounts to a massive government takeover. "What I'm afraid is the end of the day, where we're going to be in five or ten years from now, is that this is Medicaid for the masses," he said during a news conference earlier Saturday. "We're going to turn Medicare into Medicaid and we're going to put everybody basically on a government-run or a government-regulated program."