"Barack Obama and Joe Biden believe that embryonic stem cell research represents real hope to millions of families dealing with debilitating conditions. John McCain has adopted and promises to implement a Republican platform that takes an even more extreme position in opposing stem cell research than that of George Bush four years ago. While the McCain campaign may not believe the American people deserve a debate on the issues, it's simply insulting for them to suggest that raising a substantive difference on this critical issue is playing politics," said Obama campaign spokesman Hari Sevugan.
GASP. How dare he take a mainstream position and observe that the Republicans are extremists?!?!?
'We call for a ban on human cloning and a ban on the creation of or experimentation on human embryos for research purposes.'
GOP Platform, p. 40, col 2
Yep, the Republicans call for a total ban an embryonic stem cell research.
But they care about special needs kids. Just not as much as they care about special needs blastocysts.
Full Obama campaign statement.
"Barack Obama and Joe Biden believe that embryonic stem cell research represents real hope to millions of families dealing with debilitating conditions. John McCain has adopted and promises to implement a Republican platform that takes an even more extreme position in opposing stem cell research than that of George Bush four years ago. While the McCain campaign may not believe the American people deserve a debate on the issues, it's simply insulting for them to suggest that raising a substantive difference on this critical issue is playing politics," said Obama campaign spokesman Hari Sevugan.
The 2008 GOP Platform Called For "A Ban On All Embryonic Stem-Cell Research, Public Or Private" Which Went Farther Than Bush’s Policy Of Limiting Federal Funding For A Restricted Number Of Stem Cell Lines. "The 2008 Republican platform calls for ‘a ban on all embryonic stem-cell research, public or private.’ The 2004 platform followed Bush’s policy of limiting federal funding for a restricted number of stem cell lines. The National Review’s Stephen Spruiell writes that the new platform language will read: ‘We call for a ban on human cloning and a ban on the creation of or experimentation on human embryos for research purposes.’" [Think Progress, 8/28/08; National Review, 8/27/08]
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