Sen. George Voinovich’s office has just sent out a release saying he “applauds the scheduling of Bolton nomination hearing.” That’s modest. The scheduling of a new hearing follows hard on Voinovich’s Washington Post op-ed this week saying he has decided that he will vote to confirm Ambassador John Bolton as U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.–based on Bolton’s stellar performance as an interim appointee to that position. Voinovich said in his release: “I again call on my Democrat colleagues to keep in mind the current situation in the Middle East and the rest of the world while considering Ambassador Bolton’s nomination.” It will be interesting to see how they respond to that appeal. The hearing will be next week, July 27.