Alas, it's turned out very differently than Chaucer's. *sigh* RIP.At the risk of seeming callous, one has to wonder if this will have any effect on the stem-cell debate in the US, especially given Senator Kerry's invocation of Mr Reeve in the debate on Friday night (for which, see Wonkette's very funny blow-by-blow account). Where President Reagan's age may have immunized some to the urgency for the research (i.e., "it's sad, but he was old and I don't think anything would have made a difference"), Mr. Reeve's relative youth might expose those same people to it. Who knows. But I have a funny feeling this issue's going to take a more prominent place in the debate than it has of late.
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