Looks like the Blinders are coming off.

[Raider179]

Its about time is all I can say. Glad to see some can think for themselves and dont just follow the party line.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8750167/

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist on Friday threw his support behind legislation to expand federal financing for embryonic stem cell research, breaking with President Bush and religious conservatives in a move that could impact his prospects for seeking the White House in 2008.

“It’s not just a matter of faith, it’s a matter of science,” Frist said on the floor of the Senate.

Frist, a heart-lung transplant surgeon who opposes abortion, said modifying Bush’s strict limitations on stem cell research would lead to scientific advances and “bridge the moral and ethical differences” that have made the issue politically charged.

“The president’s made his position clear,” the spokesman said when asked if Bush stands by his threat to veto a pending bill that would liberalize federal support for stem cell research. “There is a principle involved here from the president’s standpoint when it comes to issues of life,” McClellan said.


I guess this will be another issue Bush will divide us on instead of unite us. But hell I think we passed that bridge a long time ago with him. I am just glad to finally see someone with some sense step up to the plate in the matter.

[Hangtime]

The guys a boob. Current commentary notwithstanding. I moved him into the 'boob' catagory over the Aids from sweat and tears bit.

[Simaril]

Originally posted by Hangtime
The guys a boob. Current commentary notwithstanding. I moved him into the 'boob' catagory over the Aids from sweat and tears bit.

I completely missed this one! Thanks for posting it...

Now heart surgeons arent infectious disease docs, and might get a little slack cut for them -- but this dodge was clearly political.

And for the record:

Curious to see if Frist’s note of ambiguity reflected the current medical consensus on AIDS transmittance, we posed the sweat and tears question to folks at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). A spokeswoman for the CDC’s National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention answered our question with a crisp “no” and referred us to some CDC literature stating, with notable lack of Frist-like qualification, that “HIV has not been recovered from the sweat of HIV-infected persons. Contact with saliva, tears, or sweat has never been shown to result in transmission of HIV.”