The Capital Comment column in The Washingtonian recalls that “After Trent Lott was deposed as the Republicans’ Senate majority leader two years ago, he signed a $200,000 book deal with HarperCollins publisher Judith Regan, in part to settle scores with his replacement, Bill Frist, and every senator who sided with Frist against him.” But now, however, Frist has appointed Lott to “the powerful chairmanship of the Senate Rules Committee,” and “has carefully solicited Lott’s advice about counting votes and making deals.” Plus, with Frist leaving the Senate to run for President, “Lott hopes he can get his leadership position back.” As a result, the apparently already-written book — Master of the Game: Tales from a Republican Revolutionary, co-written with “celebrity biographer” Peter Harry Brown — is, according to one insider, “unofficially DOA.”