Green's stem-cell box

Rep. Mark Green has put himself into a strange box on stem-cell research. He has no doubt seen the polling that shows how many Wisconsin residents support embryonic stem-cell research but his votes don't match up with their overwhelming support. That has forced him into saying a bunch of things that just don't mesh.

When President Bush vetoed the bill to increase funding for stem-cell research, Green said:

"The question is: Are we going to force taxpayers to fund the destruction of living human embryos?"

So presumably he agrees with President Bush that embryonic stem-cell research is murder since he supported the veto by President Bush. But Green was also quoted saying this about stem-cell research in the Washington Post earlier this month:

"I was in the Congress that doubled funding for the National Institutes of Health, the funding that actually helped create the national stem cell bank in Madison..."

Which is it? Murder or something you support? The stem cell bank in Madison is most likely full of little "murdered" stem-cells from embryos.

Is it ok for private money to fund this "murder"? Would Green have the state of Wisconsin prosecute the scientists and funders of the research for murder?

I'm sure Green will let us know once he can climb out of the box he has put himself into on this issue.