I think Albert's coming forward is incredibly courageous, and a rarity, if not a first. It's been part of our concern that people have the impression that all of these victims were part of a strange underworld, when the vast majority of them were abducted against their will and tortured and raped.

We want to make sure it is on everybody's radar while the session is just beginning.

There has been a whole new level of interaction. I have not seen the gay and lesbian community activated at this level in the entire time I have been here. This is extremely encouraging.

We see it as a desperate attempt by a gubernatorial candidate who is behind in the polls and has missed every mark it has set for itself.