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Years ago, the media eagerly played out the White House talking-point drama of Bush's 'gut-wrenching' decision-making process regarding Stem-Cell research. They had no qualms about portraying the doltish oaf-in-office as a deep-thinking, tortured soul.

But when his obviously vigorous analysis concluded, there were no surprises. Bush unapologetically set forth a vast swath of disingenuous, misleading assertions designed to impale any hopes of meaningful action.

If Bush truly believed in his self-proclaimed set of 'principles' and possessed even a wisp of courage, he would have come forth and simply proposed outlawing in vitro fertilization, the source of doomed embryos that he claims need saving. Clearly that was not an option, since political suicide was unacceptable.

Instead, Bush and his followers opted to attack something that had NOTHING to do with the ultimate fate of the embryos at issue. En route, they sentanced millions of people to their ultimate death and millions more to a life of suffering.