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Graham did not answer yes or no when asked by The Hill if he was an emissary for Frist during the negotiations. Instead, he described a nuanced role.

"Both leadership teams were very well aware of what was going on," he said, referring to the Republican and Democratic leaders.

He added that "everyone knew what was going on" and that some lawmakers liked it and some didn't.

I bet Frist was one who was well aware, and didn't like what was going on.

But I am disappointed in Frist's "response" to the final failure of Bolton's first cloture vote. This is it, in totality:

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate return to legislative session.
109th Congress Page S6802 - June 20, 2005

Frist could have at least prefaced the strictly business comment with, "I am as disapponted in the reconsideration as I was when the cloture motion failed to pass on May 26th."

To be fair, Frist did, before the reconsideration of the vote on the cloture motion, urge that cloture be passed, and gave specific reasons as to why the DEM obstructionsists were in the wrong.