The Gannon story is a real one that shed's light on how desperate the Bush administration was to manipulate the press.

Now, tell me how the Edwards story is news. Edwards holds no public office and is not running for public office. This is a story about a famous person who may have cheated on his wife, and it appropriately belongs in the National Enquirer.

If Edwards was a Republican, Mr. Kaus would not be pushing this story so hard.