GOP platform supporting ban on stem-cell research?

[Alter Ego]

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YjM0MGNmZjY2NGIyYzYzMjhmMzI0MGRmODZlZmM5ZDA=

"The 2008 Republican Platform Committee has finally reached the finish line, but before it crossed it tripped up on the issue of stem-cell research. When the committee reached the stem-cell language, North Carolina delegate Mary Summa offered what appeared on the surface to be a small change. Summa sought to change the sentence:

We call for a ban on human cloning and a ban on the creation of and experimentation on human embryos for research purposes.

to read:

We call for a ban on human cloning and a ban on the creation of or experimentation on human embryos for research purposes.

thus severing experimentation on human embryos from their creation for that purpose. It's just one word, but it has huge implications. It is a call for a total ban on embryonic stem-cell research, including privately funded research using frozen embryos from in-vitro fertilization (IVF) clinics. By contrast, the 2004 platform was in accord with President Bush's policy at the time, which made limited federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research available for the first time."



This might hurt McCain--isn't this something he's supposed to break with his party on?

[Joe the Revelator]

1. THIS needs to be passed around far and wide...

I've been a democrat for all of my 26 years. I came out of the womb wearing Dukakis underoos, but when it comes down to it, due to family health reasons I am a one issue voter. Stem Cells research has to be kept legal and given all the support that it can get from the private sector and from the government.

I'm not the only voter like me.

[Joe the Revelator]

2. kick

[Joe the Revelator]

3. Why is this not getting more responses? I think its a pretty huge deal.

[Alter Ego]

4. GD:P changes at the speed of light--little surprise that it gets lost in the shuffle.

[Joe the Revelator]

5. I'll kick this all night...its that important to this election

[Sugarcoated]

6. This's the issue

that tipped the scales for Claire McCaskill . . . that and Rush the druggie. It's there for the taking, apparently. I hope they highlight this.