Flashback: Franken debates sex with Senate hopeful O’Donnell

Tea party Republican Christine O’Donnell’s upset victory in the Delaware primary for the U.S. Senate last week has put the controversial candidate — and anti-masturbation crusader — in the political limelight. But it’s not her first foray into the national political scene. In 1997, she shared a stage with Sen. Al Franken, who was then just a political commentator, on Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher. The two sparred over the effectiveness of condoms and whether sex outside of marriage is “physically and psychologically harmful.”

Here’s the video courtesy of TPM: