Voinovich betrays Republicans on Bolton vote

Washington Times:

John R. Bolton's nomination to be ambassador to the United Nations careened off track yesterday after a last-minute objection by a Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee helped Democrats delay a final vote.
"I've heard enough today that I don't feel comfortable voting for Mr. Bolton," Sen. George V. Voinovich, Ohio Republican, told stunned fellow Republicans after about an hour of Democratic accusations against Mr. Bolton.
Republicans had gone into the meeting thinking they had enough votes to move Mr. Bolton forward for expected passage in a Senate vote, but Mr. Voinovich's potential defection, combined with all eight Democrats' opposition, would have killed the nomination on a tie vote.

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"The senator from Ohio was a gift to the opposition," Sen. George Allen, Virginia Republican, said after the vote. "The reality was, a 9-9 vote would have killed that nomination. It wasn't worth getting a 9-9 vote, so you live to fight another day."
Voinovich's gift of time to the enemies of the President makes no sense. The Dems are desperately throwing silly stuff on the wall to see if it sticks and there is no good reason to give them more time to tear down a good nominee. Voiovich needs to pay more attention to Mark Steyn's latest commentary on the Dem attack than to the silliness that the Dems have put forward. The Democrats alone should be ashamed of their conduct on this nomination. It is in the same class as their terrible conduct in the Bork monination.

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