In a message dated 02/19/2000 11:43:16 PM Pacific Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: << So you believe McCain is for the stem cell research? >> NOT AT ALL.. Not if he signed that statement with Lott. If the two articles are correct -- and the seem genuine -- I think he switched policy. I also think he did it to get Bauer's endorsement. -- Which he got. I also think that Bush will swimg in all directions so no one will know where the heck he stands. --- And I'm a registered Republican. The ultra-ultra right has too much control. They are the ones that are trying to restrict the stem cell research. they claim it will encorage abortion. that is strictly BS. They are so paranoid, they also got our State deprtment to stop Birth Control eduction in third-world countries because they were afraid it would really be an abortionist ploy. Middle of the road ProLife is not against Birth Control or against stem cell research. Which Republican candidate is middle-of-the road? Darned it I can tell. I thought it was McCain until this deal with Lott. Last year I went to a McCain speech. He was (at the moment) very middle of the road. But he crossed over the line. Why? Maybe beliefs, but I think for Bauer who is an ultra-ultra dedicated at-all-costs-damn-the-research anti-abortionist.......Sid