A VERY SPECIAL 'THERE'S NO JUSTICE IN THIS WORLD' MOMENT

WASHINGTON -- She's a feisty left-wing senator from California faced with a vexing decision: What to do about a conservative Supreme Court nominee who appears headed for confirmation?... Who could this senator be but Barbara Boxer, the outspoken liberal whose combative opposition to Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state was parodied on Saturday Night Live?

Not quite.

It's actually... the fictional character Boxer created in her first novel, "A Time to Run," out Nov. 1 from Chronicle Books...

...Boxer worked with co-author Mary-Rose Hayes, and reported a $15,938 advance for the book on her 2004 financial disclosure forms.

Um... hello! I could use money like that! Please? Pretty please?

Damn. Mediocre United States senators get all the breaks.