there's also a growing number of women on the committee. seven of them. more than ever before. that was the real story at this week's hearing. one after another, with precision, with intensity, those women grilled the military leaders and gave voice to the victims of sexual assault. it made me think back to another senate committee hearing and infamous hearing back in the fall of 1991. and clarence thomas hearings. the senate judiciary committee held confirmation hearings. it looked like he was going to pass relatively easily. and then came the affidavit. it was leaked to the press. ameet a hill, law professor that worked for thomas, quietly came forward to say thomas, her boss, had made repeated unwelcomed sexual advances. and just like that, the thomas hearings became the hill-thomas hearings. she was called to testify when she sat in the witness chair.