Stem cells are a hot campaign topic in several key races in these elections, but one has to wonder sometimes just how much of a grasp the candidates have on the topic. On the highly regarded ‘Meet the Press’ television news program last weekend, the leading candidates for US senator from Maryland faced off on stem cells among other issues.

Republican Michael Steele and Democrat Benjamin Cardin both claim that they support stem cell research, but got into squabbling over whose support is the most morally upstanding. Steele has been running a campaign ad featuring his younger sister (and ex-wife of boxer Mike Tyson). She has multiple sclerosis, and says to the camera that her brother supports stem cell research.

But as Cardin pointed out, Steele has supported only research into adult stem cells, not embryonic stem cells. The conversation quickly devolved into bickering over who is the greater fan of stem cells, and why:

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It almost makes voters wish for the earlier days of the Steele vs. Cardin campaign – in which they argued over which of them loved puppies more.