Bolton isn't even part of the "deal", nor was the "nuclear option" going to apply to anyone besides judges.
I didn't imply that it did.
I want Bolton to try and get his hands around the UN. That is the important vote to me. Maybe not to you, but to me it is.
I don't want the UN running rough shod over us, with Bolton there, they'll have a harder time trying.
It doesn't matter whether or not Bolton is part of the 'deal'.
Filibustering an executive branch nominee, essentially a cabinet appointment, is even more ridiculous and untenable than filibustering a judicial nominee. They WILL not win on a nuke vote there: if they even try it, McLame and Hitlery will make sure that Frist gets at least 50 votes Aye.
No one who has any aspirations of being president wants their picks for Cabinet positions subject to the whims of the 40 "whackiest" Senators from the other side of the aisle.