Barbara Boxer: "I'm the victim here!"

After spending two days last week harassing Condoleeza Rice, Senator Barbara Boxer claims that she was the true victim of Dr. Rice's confirmation hearing.

"She turned and attacked me," the California Democrat told CNN's "Late Edition" in describing the confrontation during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing.

"I gave Dr. Rice many opportunities to address specific issues. Instead, she said I was impugning her integrity," Mrs. Boxer said. . . .

"When you really don't know what to say about a specific, you just attack the person who is asking the questions," Mrs. Boxer told CNN.

I really don't know what to say either.