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For defenders of women, NY attorney general's downfall carries a special sting

This week New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman joined a list of prominent Empire State politicians who in recent years have resigned amid allegations of inappropriate and possibly criminal conduct toward women.

Like former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner and former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, Schneiderman was seen as a rising star and leading voice in the Democratic Party - in New York and nationally - with a promising political future.

To Schneiderman's admirers, his downfall was particularly awkward - even painful - because he had a reputation as a defender of women's rights. He filed suit against Harvey Weinstein and had been looking

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