[txrangerette]

I know "the deal," as it's come to be known, did not formally bind Democrats to forgoing all future filibusters on judicial nominees, much less other executive appoint ments. But the spirit of the compromise was to render the filibuster the exception, not the rule, in dealing with Bush nominees. And even if all Democrats were not bound by it, the signatories certainly had some obligation to abide by its spirit. Yet, by week's end, only three of the seven Democrats who signed onto the compromise were willing to invoke cloture on the Bolton nomination, which would have allowed the nominee to be confirmed or rejected by the full Senate.

You wrote: "How does Bolton fit into the McCain compromise? It was only for judicial nominees."

The above quote from Chavez's article explains her reasoning, at least.

[stylin19a]

Thanx...I suppose I could have read the whole article...I suppose the excerpt could have included that part, the response and comments would have been different.
I still disagree...no where do I recall anything about "spirit" when it came to this POS compromise.