Not exactly flattering but still hella nice.
On a related note, I've been reviewing the Anita Hill saga from October 1991, before there were any Clintons on the scene, which is kind of weird, though many names are familiar. As best I can figure from the 1,032-page US gov transcript of part 4 (link below) and multi-part CSPAN video (the video is problematic but it exists), Biden stuck his neck out for Hill and the others, Angela Wright and Rose Jourdain, and gave Hill's account a thorough airing, with cross-examination by a friendly Democratic senator Howell Heflin of Alabama (that was then) and by unfriendly GOP senators Specter and others. He also devoted the last hours of the hearings to a very thorough cross-examination of Thomas conducted by Heflin, and got repeatedly whacked throughout by Thomas (who simply repeated that the hearings were a travesty, the allegations were false, and he refused to listen to or respond to the testimony), Orrin Hatch, and others.
The hearings were also crammed with witnesses insisted on by Thomas' legal team, which appears to have been large, thus the testimony of John Doggett III, who claimed to have a Yale law degree and other sterling accomplishments, along with Stanley Grayson of Goldman Sachs and a former dean of Oral Robers U law school, where Hill once worked.
The long and short is that Hill was closely interrogated, particularly by Specter, on national TV, which is more than most mortals would ever want to experience, and the other two women submitted written testimony but did not, although Biden explicitly invited them to, testify on live TV. Personally from what I've read and seen I don't think there was much chance of Thomas stepping down as he denied every word and Hill hadn't tried to find another job or reported the harassment officially.
I also found that the (inaccurate) conventional wisdom that Biden somehow insulted or defamed Anita Hill-- he did nothing of the sort and was unfailingly kind to her and her family in the testimony I've seen and read -- appears not just here but in online venues like Politico and Alternet, intensifying around primaries, particularly 2008. Making me think hmm.
http://www.loc.gov/law/find/nominations/thomas/hearing-pt4.pdf
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