To me, things like this show that those in favor of embryonic stem cell research are not interested in it for purely scientific reasons. For them, there is something much larger at stake--killing babies is a matter of principle.
There was a good article on American Spectators website today on this subject as well, not sure how to post the link to have it "live" but here's the link:
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=7457