This from R.I.'s lame-duck Senator:
Chafee, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, told reporters that he did not believe Bolton's nomination would move forward without his support.
"The American people have spoken out against the president's agenda on a number of fronts, and presumably one of those is on foreign policy," the Rhode Island moderate told The Associated Press.
"And at this late stage in my term, I'm not going to endorse something the American people have spoke out against."
In a way, it's sad that this last bastion of liberal Republicanism had to die for the cause, but I suppose it's his own fault for staying with the sinking ship. Still, it's refeshing that he's probably leaving the party now anyway, even though it does him no political good. Not to mention respecting the will of the voters and resisting a coup d'etat by a lame-duck congress. The man has integrity.