Almost 27 years ago, Anita Hill said she was serially sexually harassed by Clarence Thomas, then a nominee to be a Supreme Court Justice, and testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Her treatment by the all-male panel left a permanent stain on the United States Senate.

Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) publicly suggested that Hill was fabricating her accusations because she was frustrated that Thomas did not show "any sexual interest in her."

"If that's sexual harassment, half the Senators on Capitol Hill could be accused," Senator Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH) reportedly said after learning of the accusations....