I think that is precisely what I find troubling. Romney DOES share the views of Burnham. Romney says so himself in the video linked above from an interview taken 2 weeks ago:
" I don't oppose on moral ground the use of discarded embryos from an invitro fertilization clinic if there is in place an information setting so people understand what the nature is of what they're doing and if there's an option for adoption available."
He doesn't oppose using human embryos for research: which is what Burnham and his Institute do/fund/promote/support. SO perhaps if there was say, an hour long PSA video for people to watch before they released their 'leftover embryos' to research, then ESCR would be acceptable to Romney. I find that troubling. The embryo is still being destroyed.
Perhaps, Romney will have the opportunity for dialogue with Burnham, and hearts and minds will open to the extent he may even stop research on embryos and Romney will be convinced to oppose research on even the discarded ones. It is most likely about the Benjamins in the end and adult stem cell research has proven much more $ucce$$ful. I am hoping for more and more conversions along the way. I think it is true though --- you catch more flies with sugar than you do with vinegar.
It doesn't matter anyway, Dick Morris just said on Hannity' show that it's Rudy all the way! He's convinced! So most likely we will end up with much less than even Romney could give us.