Digby: We're All For It!

The Republicans are taking a new tack on stem cells. In response to the Michael J. Fox "backlash" Ken Mehlman just said on CNN that Jim Talent supports stem cell research but he just doesn't think the government should pay for it. He pointed out that nobody says that the private sector shouldn't pursue stem cell research. What's the problem? (It's a lie, of course. Talent's position is actually much more complicated than that and just as ridiculous.)