Heck, I don't want MY tax dollars paying to have our troops act as referees in a civil war. But nobody asked me... they just take my taxes every paycheck! The latest ABC News/Washington Post poll shows 61 percent of us support embryonic stem cell research, and 55 percent support loosening the restrictions. Every major poll shows support for this research. So, as far as I can tell, it's the religious right's hold on the Administration that is keeping it from happening.

One of the first things I learned in school was "majority rules." When did that stop applying -- other than the 2000 presidential election, I mean...