THE GREENSBORO NEWS-RECORD EDITORIALIZES:

Tabloid allegations have trickled into mainstream media outlets concerning an alleged affair involving former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards and a former campaign videographer.

But if those reports are as scurrilous and flatly wrong as Edwards contends, why does he dignify them by running away from them? . . . As a man who has waged two campaigns for president and might well have been vice president, Edwards should clear the air and set the record straight.

Indeed.