So he didn't lie?
I was probably on the thread but that's not where I got the speech from. Google.
exodus - Bush did not state his opinion on "stem cell lines" before the election, but he did say that he wouldn't support embryonic research with federal money.
I'm not very good at searching, but my memory is usually accurate.
Bush did not specify "stem cell lines" when he said he would not support embryonic research, he just said he wouldn't support embryonic research.
Embryonic research includes research conducted on stem cell lines derived from embryos, as you can see even Bush agrees, by reading the speech where Bush justified research on existing lines, but prohibited new lines, on the grounds that on the existing lines, the embryos were already dead.
Research on dead embryos is still embryonic research.