The charges against former U.S. Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) came down like an avalanche: that he paid a former aide to keep quiet about an affair, that he violated lobbying and campaign laws to help the aide, that he obstructed justice by deleting e-mail evidence of his crimes.

Then there was another charge that has been rare in the Senate’s history — violation of rules against sexual harassment.

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