After yesterday’s Democrat filibuster of John Bolton, George Allen said, “The honeymoon is over.” All Republicans voted to end cloture on Bolton and were joined by Democrats Ben Nelson, Mary Landrieu and Mark Pryor.

Just hours earlier, Harry Reid had given a speech calling for “comity and cooperation.” Bill Frist responded, “Tonight, after the Democrats have launched into yet another filibuster of a presidential nomination. . . . those words seem empty and hollow.”

Possible White House 2008 player Lindsey Graham has received no shortage of criticism for his role in the filibuster compromise, but after the Bolton filibuster he said, “Maybe this was just a bridge too far at the end of the most stressful week in recent memory. . . . The spirit that we were trying to create has been damaged."

Finally, John McCain said of Bolton, “Let's be frank, he is not a career diplomat, either by profession or temperament." However, McCain added, "that directness and forcefulness are assets, not hindrances, to effectiveness at the U.N.,"