NEW YORK, Oct. 26, 2006
Fox: I Was Over-Medicated In Stem Cell Ad
CBS News Exclusive: Parkinson's-Afflicted Actor Tells Katie Couric He Wasn't Acting In Ad
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Play CBS Video Video Full Michael J. Fox Interview CBS News Exclusive: Watch Katie Couric's extended interview with Michael J. Fox. They discussed Fox's medical condition, his stem cell research advocacy and the Rush Limbaugh controversy.
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Video Stem Cell Research Crusader Actor Michael J. Fox has become one of the most visible crusaders rallying for candidates who support embryonic stem cell research. Katie Couric has more details.
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Video Why Fox Is 'Grateful' Actor Michael J. Fox tells Katie Couric he feels privileged to have the opportunity to make a difference through Parkinson's disease research and education.
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Michael J. Fox, Oct. 26, 2006. (CBS)
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Michael J. Fox in an exclusive interview on the CBS Evening News With Katie Couric, Otc. 26, 2006. (CBS)
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Talk-show host Rush Limbaugh, right, said he would apologize to actor Michael J. Fox, who suffers from Parkinson's disease, if he is wrong in characterizing Fox's behavior in a political ad as an act. (CBS/AP)
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Talent's campaign called the ad a false attack.
"Sen. Talent supports medical research including stem cell research that doesn't involve cloning or destroying a human embryo," said Talent spokesman Rich Chrismer.
Earlier this year, Talent withdrew his support for a Senate bill that would ban all embryonic stem cell research and impose a million-dollar fine and jail sentence on violators. But he opposes the Missouri ballot initiative, claiming it would "make cloning human life at the earliest stage a constitutional right."
Supporters of the state referendum deny that assertion, noting the language of the proposed constitutional amendment explicitly bans human cloning.
McCaskill, running even with Talent in the latest polls, hopes to get a boost from aligning herself with support for the ballot measure, which recent polls show has the support of 58 percent of likely voters. Backers of the measure have raised nearly $29 million toward its passage, the costliest political campaign in Missouri history.
Fox's ad urges voters that "what you do in Missouri matters to millions of Americans. Americans like me." The ad ends with a picture of McCaskill and her voice approving the message.
Couric asked, could he have waited to film it until he was having a better day, with less dyskinesia?
"You don’t know when that’s going to be," Fox said. "My mother was visiting that day, was in the back room and she was saying throughout the filming of (the ad) — and she was talking to my friends back there — and she was saying, 'he's trying so hard to be still.' And so she was the one actually when the comments were made, she was the only who was really angry, and she said 'I can’t even see straight.' I said, ‘Mom, just relax, it’s OK, don't worry about it.' But it’s just not that simple. That’s why we're doing this."
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