Politics McGavick Supports Stem Cell Bill
Yesterday, I asked where Mike McGavick stood on the stem cell research bill. He had given a pretty hazy statement on the campaign trail which included this bizarre line: “We have a nervousness about creating what amounts to a marketplace for fetuses.” (Stem cell research has nothing to do with creating fetuses, and that statement struck me as a weird bit of scare tactic politics.)
However, McGavick’s people called me back and, as opposed to the rigamarole they gave me on network neutrality last month, they gave a definitive answer: McGavick would vote for the stem cell bill.
Oh, I also asked if McGavick would vote to override Bush’s promised veto. They didn’t give me an answer to that question yet.
Total kiss-up to the constituency. McGavick, like all Republicans, knows that Dubya's gonna veto it anyway. So big deal to him if he votes it in. If it gullibly earns him brownie points with the liberals, then huzzah, in his mind.