Vertical rules in paragraph style?

Hi,
I'm about to design a book with a lot of interviews. To make it a bit easier for the reader to follow I've designed a thin colored line to the left of the paragraph indicating who's saying what (see pic). The problem is that I can't seem to make these lines with the paragraph style which will be a problem further down the line if I do it manual with the line-tool. So my question is; Dose anyone have a solution that will make the lines flow dynamically together with the text?

Make a Paragraph Rule Above
Basically - on the paragraph go to Paragraph Rules in the Paragraph Style
Then Apply a negative right or left indent and set the point size to equal the leading of the paragraph, so if you have 5 lines and the leading is 14pt, then the pt size for the thickness of the rule should be 70
For 8/14pt with 8 lines of text
So Rule Below (tick box)
Color: (pick a color)
Weight 113pt (14 x 8 = 113)
Width = Column
Offset = 108 pts
Left indent = -8.5 pts
Right indent = 173pts
(adjust left and right indents to vary thickness)
It's not perfect as if the text increases or decreases you have to adjust the size of the line.
You could always anchor an object to the text, and offset (http://help.adobe.com/en_US/InDesign/6.0/WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c43a.html )

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