Congress confronts White House on stem cells

The House defied the threat of White House veto to pass a measure loosening the restrictions on stem cell research. Guess the good Congresspeople are paying attention to the growing public support for this line of study that promises great breakthroughs in the treatment of fatal diseases. Bush however has this to say.

"This bill would take us across a critical ethical line by creating new incentives for the ongoing destruction of emerging human life," the president said before the vote. "Crossing this line would be a great mistake."

Every time he says something like this, I want to hurl from an overdose of hypocrisy. He's worried about emerging life? What about the hundreds of thousands of already fully developed lives that have been lost as a direct result of his policies?