We interrupt the deluge of diaries on the ABC mock-u-mentary to report...
The John Bolton Confirmation vote has been scrubbed by the Senate Foreign Relations committee:
Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday scrubbed a planned vote on President George W. Bush's bid to keep John Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
Committee Chairman Richard Lugar, an Indiana Republican, did not explain why the vote on whether to send Bolton's nomination to the full Senate was removed from the day's agenda and did not say if or when it would be taken up again.
Given Democratic opposition to Bolton's nomination, all Republicans on the committee would have to back him in order to send his name to the Senate with a full endorsement. Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, who is locked in a tight re-election bid, has not publicly said how he would vote.
Hmmm...so...is Chafee pulling a Voinovich? Only time will tell.
But considering they expected to put Bolton through fairly quickly this week, this is indeed an interesting development.