1.   And Dole took issue with senators who accused him both of holding up the Foster nomination or trying to kill it through a filibuster.

2.   And Republican presidential candidates, too, spent the last few months jockeying over the Foster nomination.

3.   At its core, the Foster nomination is a classic case study of the modern marriage of attack politics and tabloid-style journalism.

4.   A high-ranking White House official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Clinton administration had initially misjudged the Republican response to the Foster nomination.

5.   But Murray said that Dole, as Senate leader, had the power to prevent the Foster nomination from coming to a vote.

6.   Conservative groups will use the Foster nomination as a test for lawmakers who claim they are anti-abortion or say they support family values.

7.   Dole scored points with the Christian conservatives by engineering the end of the Foster nomination through the two cloture votes.

8.   Dole has threatened to kill the Foster nomination by not bringing it to the Senate floor for a vote.

9.   Dole takes vigorous exception to my depiction of him as blocking a vote on the Foster nomination, and as Good Dole he has a point.

10.   Groups supporting abortion rights have promoted the Foster nomination with a coordinated campaign.