Sam Brownback has endorsed Senator McCain for president. McCain has a solid prolife voting record in the senate, but favors limited embryo stem cell research, beyond the currently allowed parameters under President Bush.
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Sam Brownback Lobbying John McCain on Embryonic Stem Cell Research
"His language has changed on it, but we'll keep working on him," Brownback told LifeNews.com.
He said he was hopeful that more success in ethical stem cell research will continue to shape McCain's position and that of Americans on the topic.
"Look, this issue from a scientific standpoint -- I think we've resolved it," the Kansas senator added. "I think we're winning on the science and I think we're headed to more adult and ethical stem cell research."
At a Florida campaign stop last week, McCain defended his position favoring embryonic stem cell research funding and talked about how he arrived at it.
“All I can say to you is that I went back and forth, back and forth on it and I came in on one of the toughest decisions I've ever had, in favor of that research," he said.
"And one reason being very frankly is those embryos will be either discarded or kept in permanent frozen status," he explained.
“I understand how divisive this is among the pro-life community," McCain added.
As Brownback indicated, McCain explained to the audience how he hopes that the science will advance to the point that embryonic stem cell research is unnecessary.
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