Sen. Joe Biden reminded voters of stem cell research on the campaign trail today.
“I hear all this talk about how the Republicans are going to work in dealing with parents who have both the joy, because there’s joy to it as well, the joy and the difficulty of raising a child who has a developmental disability, who were born with a birth defect. Well guess what folks? If you care about it, why don’t you support stem cell research?”
Some evangelicals have raised concern about John McCain’s support of embryonic stem cell research. McCain’s campaign responded to Biden’s comments.
“Barack Obama’s running mate sunk to a new low today launching an offensive debate over who cares more about special needs children,” McCain-Palin spokesman Ben Porritt said. “Playing politics with this issue is disturbing and indicative of a desperate campaign.”
Biden spokesman David Wade said Tuesday that Biden’s comments were not directed at Palin who said in her acceptance speech last week that parents of disabled children would have “a friend and advocate in the White House.”
“We’ve heard not a dime’s worth of difference between the McCain-Palin ticket and the Bush Administration on medical breakthroughs that millions of parents and doctors believe could save lives and transform the quality of life for countless Americans,” Wade said.
Wade’s point would probably be something a James Dobson type would want to hear.
