The Globe also has an opinion piece (from yesterday, actually) basically arguing that Romney is positioning himself for a cloning loss because it will give him right-wing creds. If he were only in it for ‘08, though, wouldn’t he have just gone all the way and been against using IVF frozen embryos for research, too? I just don’t see how it’s a brilliant long-term strategy–pro-lifers aren’t even embracing it en masse.

A little too cynical perhaps.