You might guess that only a Republican could wax nostalgic about rape. But this is Tennessee Democratic Sen. Doug Henry, speaking on the record (on the floor of the state Senate):

Rape, ladies and gentlemen, is not today what rape was. Rape, when I was learning these things, was the violation of a chaste woman, against her will, by some party not her spouse. Today it’s simply, ‘Let’s don’t go forward with this act.’

Henry is 81. Back when he was growing up, I’m sure his pappy used to say that learning was important, that learning would take him far in life. He may never have learned much sense (or sensitivity), but it is to be hoped he learned his rape lessons well, at least.