They Never Learn

In 2006, the issue of stem cell research arguably gave the Senate to the Democrats. It was certainly a factor in the Missouri Senate race, especially with the attendant controversy surrounding Michael J. Fox in Rush Limbaugh.

Today the Senate passed a bill fully funding all stem cell research by one vote less than a veto-proof majority. A significant amount of Republicans up for re-election in 2008 voted against the bill. Here are the Senators voting no, with the significant ones in bold:

Allard (R-CO)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Casey (D-PA)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Coleman (R-MN)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hagel (R-NE)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Martinez (R-FL)
McConnell (R-KY)
Nelson (D-NE)
Roberts (R-KS)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sununu (R-NH)
Thomas (R-WY)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Voinovich (R-OH)

Sununu is done. Coleman is done. Domenici will be in trouble. Hagel shows his true colors, again, as well.

There is an alternative measure, but that won't matter. The House passed the same bill that passed last year, and now the Senate hs done the same.

The American people have spoken on this issue, and they have decided that the promise of medical breakthroughs and cures is worth losing a few nonsentient blastocysts. The Republicans, yoked to their theocratic base, cannot see themselves through to break with them. So fire up the commercials, and we'll see everybody here in two years. Well, not EVERYBODY.