Bumiller puts John McCain on the defensive in a foreign policy clash of wills, with "pragmatists" and realists on one side and "conservatives" and "neoconservatives" on the other.
For the second time in three weeks, Helene Cooper plumps for Bolton's harshest Republican critic as a possible replacement for Bolton as United Nations ambassador.
Helene Cooper: "The question now is whether Mr. Bush is ready to junk all of his make-nice pledges in order to keep John R. Bolton at the United Nations."
