Good stuff! My boy Kerry has seriously called out Bush the last couple of days on his nonsensical stem cell stance, saying that he has “turned his back on science.”

Joined by Michael J. Fox in New Hampshire yesterday, Kerry unveiled a new TV ad on stem cells that calls for the end of “political barriers blocking the stem cell research that could treat or cure diseases like Parkinson's.”

“The hard truth is that when it comes to stem cell research, our president is sacrificing science for ideology and playing politics with people who need cures,” Kerry said at the meeting.

Bush’s limit on federal funding for stem cell research has been completely ridiculous and misleading. While claiming that his policy made more than 60 lines of stem cells available to researchers, only 19 have actually been funded under Bush’s ban. And Laura Bush has been pretty clear on what the administration thinks of this potentially life-saving research: "We don't even know that stem cell research will provide cures for anything — much less that it's very close." Oh, ok; well let’s just ignore it then. Forget about all the Americans with deadly diseases that could prove curable one day!

The fact is, most people support stem cell research. The Washington Post reported that pollster Mark Mellman found that 69 percent of those questioned favored stem cell research.

The support cut across party lines, with 77 percent of Democrats, 67 percent of independents and 60 percent of Republicans in favor of using discarded embryos for the research.

So what’s the deal, Bushie? Seems to me, Kerry has it right on:

“Our president just doesn’t get it…Faced with the facts, he just turns away. Time and time again, he’s proven that he’s stubborn, out of touch and unwilling to change course. But the fact is, this isn’t about politics or ideology – it’s about how science can save lives.”