Gotta admit: I'm very confused on what the Republican/Conservative position is on embryonic stem-cell research. According to this, the 2008 G.O.P. platform calls for a total ban on it. It's not to be tolerated anywhere for any reason, even when privately funded. But the Bush administration and many Republican leaders have promoted many embryonic stem-cell research programs, especially if they were privately funded.
Okay, so Bush and his guys are in favor of some and it says over here that John McCain, who will pledge to run on that platform, has said he supports it…or at least he did, earlier this year. Now, I know no one ever follows the platform of their party, and McCain may not even bother to read it. But if it's so immoral to some that it warrants an outright, no-exception ban, shouldn't there be a little discussion when their party leaders disagree? I mean, I assume that's in the platform to appease some faction but why would that faction be appeased in the slightest by a meaningless gesture? Has anyone asked McCain lately if he still feels that way?