Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) has placed a "hold" on President Bush's nomination of Julie Finley as ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Mrs. Finley is well qualified. She has been a strong and active advocate in Washington for the expansion of NATO, the integration of Turkey into the European Union and the spread of democracy to countries of the former Soviet Union. But on the grounds that Mrs. Finley is pro-choice on abortion, Senator Brownback has exercised the Senate's "Polish" procedure and figuratively cried "I oppose". One senator can hold up a nomination by just noting...