This is big news and deserve a Diary Title that says it loud and clear. Turns out Steve Clemons at Washington Note has been right on this...Dems appear to be playing for keeps on this:
Democrat Rejects GOP Compromise on Bolton
By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press
A leading Senate Democrat rejected a GOP offer on Wednesday to end the impasse over the nomination of John R. Bolton to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
Republican Sen. Pat Roberts (news, bio, voting record), chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, offered to disclose some information about secret intelligence intercepts that Democrats have sought.
Democrats want the names of U.S. individuals mentioned in the intercepts that the National Security Agency gathered and that Bolton requested -- and received -- while he was the State Department's chief arms control official.
Sen. Christopher Dodd (news, bio, voting record), D-Conn., turned down Roberts' offer.
"For Senator Roberts to decide on our behalf what we should be concerned about is most unusual," Dodd said.