Superman Endorses Kerry

Just days after her husband's death on October 10, Dana Reeve, wife of Superman star Christopher Reeve, came out of private mourning at a campaign rally in Columbus, Ohio, to endores Democratic candidate John Kerry for president, AP reported.

"My inclination would be to remain private for a good long while,'' Dana Reeve said, "but I came here today in support of John Kerry because this is so important. This is what Chris wanted." (Read Dana Reeve's full speech online.)

The Reeves have advocated embryonic stem cells ever since Christopher Reeve was rendered paraplegic after a horse-riding accident in 1995. (Read bios for Christopher online by the BBC, The New York Times, CBS, MSNBC, and CNN.

"His heart was full of hope, and he imagined living in a world where politics would never get in the way of hope,'' Dana said.

Reeve called and left John Kerry a phone message the day before his death in which he thanked him for his support of medical research.

At the rally, John Kerry reaffirmed his support for scientific innovation, which George W. Bush rejects on behalf of special interests. "He has an extreme political agenda that slows instead of advances science," according to Kerry.