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Like it says at the New York Times, it's been a rough January for California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, particularly in terms of his California health insurance plan.

Since the beginning of the year, the governor has had to confront a $14.5 billion budget deficit, declare a fiscal state of emergency, and announce across-the-board cuts for almost every state agency, including schools, parks, and prisons.

And now, his universal California health insurance plan is under attack. The Senate health committee is expected to vote against Schwarzenegger's potentially legacy-defining bill on health care, which would effectively kill the bill before it could even make it to the ballot.

Some argue that the plan, which would extend coverage to millions of uninsured Californians, expects too much from small businesses. Others argue that California can't afford it, already burdened as it is with a deficit of monumental proportions.

Regardless, the debate over California health insurance will face a defining moment next week, when we will see whether or not a universal health care system will really win legislative approval, and make it to the ballot box at all.