I’m pretty sure John McCain is going to win this election. His knowledge of scientific issues is equal to that of the common voter. For example:
John McCain’s recent statement on embryonic stem cell research was ambiguous in some ways, but clearly misleading in another: He equated human embryos with fetuses, and used language implying that farming fetuses for their tissues is a realistic possibility.
“I voted to ban the practice of ‘fetal farming,’ making it a federal crime for researchers to use cells or fetal tissue from an embryo created for research purposes,” McCain said in a statement Monday in response to questions posed by ScienceDebate2008, a nonpartisan science advocacy group.
More and more, John McCain reminds me of Monty Burns:
