Gennifer Flowers was brave, and even had a tape recording of Bill Clinton directing her to lie about their affair, suborning perjury. But the MSM let it slide -- just like they did when Issikoff had his Lewinsky story tanked, and got mad enough about it to leak it to Drudge. If FR had been in place at that time, Bill Clintoon might not have gotten elected in the first place. Remember what happened to Gary Hart in the primaries?
The MSM was in full protection mode during both of his elections. A rape charge would have been more difficult to silence. I agree, today, it may have mattered.