Rumors of a larger, 15? MacBook Air continue to pile up (Yahoo! News)

Herman Cain's day-long tour of Washington, D.C., on Monday was upended by a Politico report that the Georgia businessman and Republican presidential candidate was accused of sexual harassment when he was president of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s. Instead of spending the day talking economic policy or his unlikely rise in the polls, Cain was forced to address the report at every stop.

Cain's day in Washington began at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, where he was scheduled to partake in a wonky, policy-based discussion about the nation's fiscal problems and his economic plan, which would scrap the current tax code and replace it with three federal 9 percent taxes on sales, personal income and business income. The place was packed, but not because anyone wanted to hear the details of "9-9-9." Sex, not fiscal policy, was the topic consuming the minds of the members of the Washington press corps who made the trip. (It's usually the other way around.)

Reporters crowded into a conference center on AEI's top floor. Late-comers stood around the edges of the room along the wall and photographers crawled on their knees, maneuvering between the aisles. Some news outlets sent as many as four journalists to cover the event. After a half hour of "9-9-9" discussion, everyone looked bored as they waited to hear something--anything!--about the harassment allegations.

Finally, AEI moderator Kevin Hassett opened the floor for questions. Everyone perked up.

"The questions need to be about the topic at hand," Hassett warned.

Most followed the rules, but after several questions about the intricate details of an economic plan that will likely never be passed into law, ABC News correspondent Jon Karl couldn't take it anymore. He raised his hand for a question, and a staffer brought him a microphone.

"As you're well aware there is a big cloud that is affecting your ability to get this out, which is the story in Politico, and I was just wondering if you can clear it up for us right now," Karl said.

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