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Regarding the article written by Joan Samuelson of PAN and submitted to PIEN by Charlotte Mancuso. Will the real John McCain please stand up? What are McCain's views? If his signature is worth anything then I don't believe for a moment that he'll ever back stem cell research. If McCain backs the research, but is opposed to the use of human embryos, then he is talking out of both sides of his mouth. Political doublespeak. If he's not staunch pro-life then why did Gary Bauer give him his full support? The UDALL bill was easy to endorse. No stand had to be taken on abortion issues. Now that the issue has surfaced in the stem cell debate the cloaks must be removed. Excerpt from post of Feb. 11, 2000 submitted originally by Charlotte Mancuso: On the human embryo front, last week, Sen. Pete Domenici, R-NM, a strong supporter of medical research and chair of the Senate Budget Committee, Sen. John McCain, R-AZ, presidential candidate and chair of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, and Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-MS, were among 20 Senators who signed a letter to the National Institutes of Health opposing the agency's plan to fund experiments with stem cells derived from human embryos. Last year, a similar effort attracted the signatures of only seven Senators. Greg 47/35/35