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Interesting take on the cat-killing flip-flopper..:


http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4781329

Stem Cells and the Mystifying Mr. Frist
NPR - 2 hours ago
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Watching Washington
By Ron Elving

Stem Cells and the Mystifying Mr. Frist

“To change course -- or to appear to have changed -- is to risk being called inconstant. As the 2004 election proved, the last thing a presidential hopeful wants is to be labeled a flip-flopper. ”

NPR.org, August 1, 2005 · Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is surely making big news with his position on federal funding for stem cell research, but it's less clear just what the actual news is.

It's not new that Frist, a surgeon by trade, favors federal funding for some form of stem cell research. Most everyone in the Senate wants that. It's also not new that Frist thinks at least some of that money should go for research on stem cells harvested from embryos. He took that position on the floor of the Senate back in July 2001.

And it's also not new that there's a difference between Frist and President Bush on this issue. Frist has long been more open to the idea of using embryos than Bush.

What's different now is that Frist has suddenly decided to re-emphasize that difference -- and quite publicly -- after four years of stressing where he and the president agreed.

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