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Politicians also mourned the death of Reeve, calling him a truehero. Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, in a statement released while on the campaign trail in Santa Fe, New Mexico, said Reeve "was truly America's hero."
Kerry, who called Reeve "a friend," said he was "deeply saddened to learn of his death." He had hailed Reeve's advocacy for stem cell research during last Friday's presidential debate.
President Bush, campaigning in Colorado, said in a statement that Reeve was an example of "personal courage, optimism and ... determination."
Bush noted that Reeve was "greatly admired by millions of Americans," but made no mention of an issue that divided the two men -- embryonic stem cell research that the actor championed and the president opposes.
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That's all I could find. Kerry very well could have said what you think you remember Shani, but unless you can provide a source, forgive me for not believing your recollection of what he said.
I feel really bad for Christopher and his family and all they wen't through to this point.
Reeves was a smart man. He didn't throw his support into the national ring behind any one candidate. Trying to do that would only polarize this nation and the parties more.
We don't need stem cell research to be an election issue the way abortion is, where one party is seen as for and the other against. As it is now stem cell research is still non partisan at the congressional level with overwhelming support from both sides. Only between Bush and Kerry is it an actual election issue. Reeves did what he did to make sure that anyone from any party could embrace it if he wanted to.