The Trials and Tribulations of Stem Cells

President Bush's press secretary, the quite sexy Scott McClellan, rebuffed calls by the majority of U.S. Senators and the Reagan family for President Bush to remove the restrictions on embryonic stem cell research he imposed three years ago.

McClellan said flatly, "The policy remains the same, we are looking at other ways to combat disease."

I would like to thank every senator who signed the letter urging the president to change his stance on stem cell research:

Stevens, Ted AK
Lincoln, Blanche L. AR
McCain, John AZ
Boxer, Barbara CA
Feinstein, Dianne CA
Nighthorse Campbell, Ben CO
Dodd, Christopher J. CT
Lieberman, Joseph I. CT
Carper, Thomas R. DE
Biden, Joseph R. DE
Graham, Bob FL
Nelson, Bill FL
Akaka, Daniel K. HI
Inouye, Daniel K. HI
Harkin, Tom IA
Durbin, Richard J. IL
Bayh, Evan IN
Landrieu, Mary LA
Kennedy, Edward M. MA
Kerry, John F. MA
Mikulski, Barbara A. MD
Sarbanes, Paul S. MD
Collins, Susan M. ME
Snowe, Olympia J. ME
Levin, Carl MI
Stabenow, Debbie A. MI
Dayton, Mark MN
Cochran, Thad MS
Lott, Trent MS
Baucus, Max MT
Edwards, John R. NC
Dorgan, Byron L. ND
Corzine, Jon NJ
Lautenberg, Frank R. NJ
Bingaman, Jeff NM
Reid, Harry NV
Clinton, Hillary Rodham NY
Schumer, Charles E. NY
Smith, Gordon OR
Wyden, Ron OR
Specter, Arlen PA
Chafee, Lincoln D. RI
Reed, Jack RI
Hollings, Ernest F. SC
Daschle, Thomas A. SD
Johnson, Tim SD
Alexander, Lamar TN
Hutchison, Kay Bailey TX
Hatch, Orrin G. UT
Warner, John W. VA
Jeffords, James M. VT
Leahy, Patrick J. VT
Cantwell, Maria WA
Murray, Patty WA
Feingold, Russ WI
Kohl, Herbert H. WI
Byrd, Robert C. WV
Rockefeller, John D. IV WV

I am quite pissed that neither Idaho senator is on the list. I hope Senators Craig and Crapo will pull their heads far enough out of President Bush's posterior to do what is right. I plan to write each of them and tell them that. I hope all of you will too.