[MurryMom]

The official 2008 Republican platform reveals the party’s true intent of enacting even more drastic restrictions on ESC research up to and including a totalitarian ban on any federal, state, or commercial research involving embryonic stem cell lines. Change some terms, cross your fingers, quietly drop the word ‘embryonic’ and hope no one notices.

McCain doesn’t just hope you're stupid, he's counting on it to win in November.

[eclecticEel]

I only wish it were so, though I have yet to see McCain give any solid statement that he’s come to his senses. Perhaps as it becomes clearer that embryonic stem cell research is unnecessary it will give him the perfect opportunity to shift to the right side of this issue; somewhat less than a bold ethical stand, but I’ll take it.