The existing strands that Bush released were supposed to be split to infinity just about. He could be referring to research on those strands. That would not entail the creation of new Embryos for research.
Even using Federal dollars for existing strands is wrong.
If so, this Brian Rogers guy was shooting from the hip with his statements, or the author of the article left out some information to start a controversy.
Again, I’m giving McCain the benefit of the doubt. At worst, he’s changed his position. At best, there’s some bad information circulating on a topic that is very important to many conservatives who have just warmed up to McCain.
The MSM would love to blow this out of proportion. This topic is a win-win for them.