The Volokh Conspiracy - "Jim Webb, elected by Virginia to the United States Senate in 2006, is the finest novelist ever to serve in Congress."

So says my colleague Craig Lerner in his engaging review of Senator Webb's literary output.

He adds, however, "One must temper this praise by adding that he is the only novelist of any note ever to serve in Congress."

	[Todd Zywicki, October 6, 2008 at 5:25pm] Trackbacks "Jim Webb, elected by Virginia to the United States Senate in 2006, is the finest novelist ever to serve in Congress." So says my colleague Craig Lerner in his engaging review of Senator Webb's literary output. He adds, however, "One must temper this praise by adding that he is the only novelist of any note ever to serve in Congress."