Thanks Paula, great article.
I think the point also should be made that neither Michael J Fox, nor other embryonic stem cell research supporters, nor the Democrats first politicized the issue. This was done by the Bush administration, pandering to the religious right. Federal funding decisions on ESCR, or any type of research should be based on the scientific evidence and promise, which this administration continually ignores in hopes of appeasing their base of right-wing voters.

So, as we saw in July, in spite of the support for expanding federal funding from major U.S. and international medical and health organizations, Nobel laureate scientists, the majority of the Congress and the majority of the U.S. public, one man ignored all of these voices, based on his own narrow political and religious beliefs, and vetoed HR 810, dashing the hope of millions.

How dare Limbaugh and others like him accuse Michael J. Fox of politicizing what should have been a medical and scientific issue! It's already been politicized. The alternative to fighting back is for all of us to roll over and play dead!

BTW you can contact the owner of Limbaugh's radio network -Kraig Kitchen, President,Premiere Radio Networks (division of Clear Channel) at (800)533-8686