Wow. I think I like this Steele guy. Why is he apologizing? What exactly did he say? The quote above seems quite on the money to me.

What's obvious is that Steele is not nearly as polished a politician as his expensive suits make him appear.

You can take this to the bank: This is just the first of many comments that he'll end up apologizing for over the next nine months.

I am Jewish and am not offended at all by his comments. Usual b.s. politics make something out of nothing.

Can we please stop with the Nazi/Holocaust references in politics? That's a tragic and horrible chapter in history that really needs to be an object lesson, not a political tool. Let's just stop all this foolishness once and for all, okay?

Not a smart comment but it's really not as big a deal as people are making it out to be. Steele's human and he mis-spoke. This race should focus on real issues, like taxes, the war in Iraq, government spending, etc.

This is a tremendous mistake, as Ben Cardin has major backing in the Jewish Community and Erhlich and Steele needed to grab the more conservative of that community to have a chance of winning. Mark my words, this in the end will prove to be the end of Steele's rising star in the GOP, because he'll no longer be able to play it safe and allow the Dems to savage each other through the primary season. He's going to have to be out there, jumping at every issue, every piece of news, just to keep the polls close enough for it to be in question after the Dems pick a nominee. Another black face in the GOP going by the wayside...I can't help but smile!

"Buggles" really doesn't think that stem cell research is different than Nazi experimentation on live human beings, etc.? I hope no one "Buggles" loves ever comes down with an incurable disease whose research is under funded.

"RCDennis" -- hard to comprehend those comments. Sounds pretty racist "Another black face in the GOP going by the wayside...I can't help but smile!" I hope I'm misunderstanding.

My own opinion: If Steele is the GOP nominee, this comment can only help the Democrats' nominee in November. It was an incredibly stupid thing to say. It's a good example of the GOP's general ignorance of fact in medical research.

I'm very offended by his Lt. Gov. Steele's comments. However, I have decided not to burn a building to voice my protest. I'm complaining here instead. I also will not vote for him for Senate (silly pacifist and non-violent protestor that I am...)

Whoa, just noted that we've got Hamil Harris on our beat. Its a pleasure to welcome another great reporter to the blue state burbs.

If anything, Steele's comments make me more likely to vote for him and much less likely to vote for Cardin (because of Cardin's self-righteous posturing). Steele touched on the crux of the issue -- if you believe in the humanity of embryoes, embryonic stem cell research is human experimentation. And yes, I have relatives who would allegedly benefit from the fruits of this research. But you have to draw a line somewhere.

Note that I've voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 1980 and in every Senate race since Mathias retired. Maybe not this time.

Gee, Buggles and Mike. Nothing wrong with Steele's comments? Other than the fact that stem cell research could potentially help save thousands of lives in the future, maybe even yours or someone you love? Once again, leave it to these conservatives to use extreme, inflammatory rhetoric about things like abortion and stem cell research. And to analogize it to Nazi atrocities? It was a stupid, stupid comment and thank God that Steele recognizes that.

What a jerk! Not untypical, though, of the garbage that often flows from the mouths of politicians!

To those who saw nothing wrong with Steele's comments, please look up the specific forms of experimentation that were performed by Dr. Mengala and others during the Holocaust.

Problems are always created when people try to compare one travesty to another, whether its comparing things to the Holocaust or to Slavery or to the Japanese Internment camps during WWII. Each one has its own nuances and specific horrors, and to forget those diminishes the event.