Biden called Anita Hill earlier this month to express his regret

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1. If he did say, "I'm sorry for what happened to you" then I can see why she's not satisfied.

That statement doesn't acknowledge that HE himself bore a great deal of responsibility for what happened to her. He wasn't a helpless witness. He was in charge of the damn hearings, and he could have disallowed some of the witnesses -- like the one who accused her of having a made-up condition of "erotomania." And he was in the position to call her three corroborating witnesses to testify. He failed to do that because he'd promised the Republicans he'd finish on a certain day, and to call those witnesses he'd have needed a little more time.

“I cannot be satisfied by simply saying I’m sorry for what happened to you. I will be satisfied when I know there is real change and real accountability and real purpose,” she said.

She said she cannot support Mr. Biden, who as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1991 oversaw the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, until he takes responsibility for what he did and is also troubled by the recent accusations of improper touching.

Last month, at an event in New York honoring students who fight sexual violence, Mr. Biden acknowledged his role in a moment that remains seared in the minds of many women.

“She faced a committee that didn’t fully understand what the hell this was all about,” he said. “To this day, I regret I couldn’t give her the kind of hearing she deserved. I wish I could have done something.”

The problem with Biden's non-apologies is that he DIDN'T give her the hearing that she deserved -- but he COULD HAVE. He could have done a lot, but he's painting himself, the head of the Committee, as powerless to conduct a fair hearing.