For weeks, Americans have been riveted to the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation drama. Did the Supreme Court nominee sexually assault a girl nearly four decades ago or didn’t he? He said, she said; whose version is correct?

When sex and politics collide, the wreckage is often messy, and it carries enormous personal cost for the accused. Consider what happened to Sen. Gore — No, not Al Gore; this one came long before him.

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