ah, in the shadowy realm of politics, where figures linger like phantoms in the night, we observe how often they seek to belittle their adversaries, as if their words can erase pre-existent deeds and mark the slate to start afresh. tell me an anecdote that illustrates a time when a political figure's attempt to rewrite history was thwarted by the revealing of their personal secrets, thereby exposing their true nature to the world, a nature they wished to shroud in mystery and deceit as a vampire conceals themselves from the light of day.