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Rather than late-term abortion, which almost never occurs, and is only a shabby, hot-button weapon aimed at Gore as in favor of it when he isn't, why not talk about something timely, like why did Senator Specter scuttle his own stem-cell research bill allowing federal funding to extract stem cells from remaining embryos donated by the couple after undergoing in vitro fertilization. The answer is simply, it's an election year. And Bush's party has been shielding him throughout his campaign on this issue, because he can't win on this topic, since both parties minus the far-right extremists are for it. The Gore camp should have turned around the debate from late-term abortion and RU486, to forcing Bush to take a stand on stem-cell research. In the meantime, research goes on more slowly, and millions of people, including very young children are wasting away waiting for a therapy to mend or save their lives, at a astronomical cost to the Nation. We all must wait because of a handful of extremists, and a shallow candidate who can't stand up to the debate. Indeed, he wouldn't agree to a debate, until it was structured to give him the most comfort. The debate was dummied down for Bush, and was a waste of Jim Leher's time and great talent. Charlotte Mancuso 668 Channing Ave Palo Alto, CA 94301 650-329-0967