Helms offers new take on segregation

From The News & Observer:

Jesse Helms compares John Edwards to pop singer Clay Aiken, says he never supported racial segregation and acknowledges he was wrong about the AIDS epidemic.

But despite a few barbs, it's a mellower, statesmanlike Helms -- rather than the conservative firebrand who represented North Carolina for 30 years in the U.S. Senate -- who tells his story in a 303-page memoir, "Here's Where I Stand," scheduled to be published by Random House in September.