The bully pulpit to which Gov. Jon Corzine lays claim over the state's crushing debt was inexplicably contradicted by Corzine's signature Thursday on legislation. It commits the state to borrow $450 million to fund stem cell research for 10 years, if voters approve this fall.
Though it would be cruel to tag all state support for this medical research as a luxury, it is just too much money, for too long a time, for a pursuit that may well see sharp increases in federal resources once President Bush with his unalterable opposition to expanding embryonic stem cell research leaves office in early 2009.
