[daisyscarlett]

I guess my point was that all of the $100 million that W promised was Federal Grant money, not private money and Dr. K's point was that the potential scientific investigators had not come up with enough ideas to justify $100 million. Maybe Edwards and Kerry should ask Mama T to throw in $100 million for private research funds on embryonic stem cell research...

I just finished reading a medical thriller by Robin Cook, SEIZURE. A good read about embryonic stem cell research and also thought provoking about the potential problems (i.e. impregnating young women with female fetuses and harvesting them at 5 months) vs the promising results for Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.

[Endeavor]

OK, I get your point. I always find it a bit suspect that any government entity (NIH in this case) can't find a way to spend every dollar it is awarded by the Congress. If it is true (and I admire Krauthammer emmensely) then it sure isn't Bush's fault that NIH isn't spending the money/there aren't enough original proposals to warrant awarding the money.