Another Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. John Edwards, was on CBS’ Face the Nation on Sunday. Host Bob Schieffer asked Edwards what he thought of returning to the Moon. Edwards’ response, according to the official transcript:
Well, I think–I think–I think going to the moon is–is great. The gr–the real issue is what are we doing to address the problems that people face here every day in their lives?
I didn’t watch the show so I don’t know if the transcript accurately represents his hesitation and uncertainty, or if the transcriber was very precisely recording all the minor pauses and missteps that any person on TV makes.
I saw Kerry at an Iowa rally tap dance around the issue to, trying to be for space exploration in princible and against it in practice.