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Scientific Research and Progress just lost one of it’s most identifiable and likable spokesman of our generation. Christopher Reeve was this country’s best champion for the possibilities that stem cell and spinal cord research had to offer. Not only did he inspire millions of paralyzed individuals around the world into realizing that their lives were not over simply because they couldn’t move their limbs, but he also gave them something many of them desperately needed. Hope. Even though Reeve was in one of the worst paraplegic conditions possible, he never once gave up hope that one day he might be cured. In fact, after only five years of being paralyzed, Reeve was able to inspire millions upon millions of people worldwide…by lifting his index finger, something that doctors had sworn he’d never be able to do again. I can only hope that before he passed on, Reeve was able to inspire and pass the torch over to another champion for Scientific Research. God knows it sometimes takes seemingly improbably odds to finally make miracles happen and I pray I’m alive to see the day when those miracles finally come to fruition.

I just wish Christopher Reeve could have lived to see the day as well…

And even though I agree with him wholeheartedly when it comes to stem cell research, I hope John Kerry doesn’t take Reeves’ death and use it as a playing chip in the days leading up to the election. Please, have some common decency and don’t make a political gain out of this…