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The Caucus: Biden and Anita Hill, Revisited

 
When Barack Obama said that he wouldn’t have appointed Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court bench, perhaps he had already been reviewing the presiding role that his now running mate, Joseph R. Biden Jr. played in the judge’s confirmation hearings long ago. > (link)

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