Daily Briefing: 'Constant Thorn of Those in Power'

•Spurred byVoinovich, Senate Foreign Relations Committee pushes vote onBoltonback three weeks to dig deeper.Chafee: "The dynamic has changed. A lot of reservations surfaced today." [ WP , NYT , LAT , LAT , USAT , WT ]

• Miller, Cooperlose in full federal appeals court; appeal to Supreme Court is only option left. [ NYT ]

• Warner, Collins, Hagel, Smith, Specterundecided on nuclear option. [ NYT ]

• Friston filibuster: "There is no need for change in relation to legislative matters." [ WP ]

• BushsaysLincolnrepresented "promise of America." [ WP , NYT ]

• DeLayhits conservative talk radio. [ WP , NYT ]

•Republicans split on drug importing. [ WP ]

•Guest-worker and amnesty amendments fail in senate. [ WT ]

• Bushto nameMarine Gen. Peter Paceas chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. [ WP ]

• Rove: "Reporters now see their role less as discovering facts and fair-mindedly reporting the truth and more as being put on the earth to afflict the comfortable, to be a constant thorn of those in power, whether they are Republican or Democrat." [ WP ]