Original sentence: " Commentators have pointed out that the statement was mere Presidential election hyperbole because experts and researchers on all sides of the stem cell debate realize that those types of treatments are at least ten years or more away from productivity and that Edwards's statement was unfairly raising expectations of people stricken with many of the medical conditions that the medical profession is looking to cure.Before entering politics, Edwards was a successful trial attorney who represented families and children that had allegedly been wrongly injured by negligent corporate manufacturers and municipal entities, as well as those allegedly injured by medical malpractice, especially by obstetricians.Edwards favors increasing border security, amnesty for illegal aliens, reducing border deaths.Edwards stated at rally in Newton, Iowa on October 11, 2004 "If we do the work that we can do in this country, the work that we will do when John Kerry is president, people like Christopher Reeve will get up out of that wheelchair and walk again.Faced with local polling data showing low approval ratings, Edwards made the fateful decision to go national.On the topic of embryonic stem cell research, Edwards made many wild, unsupported claims concerning stem cell research
Edited sentence: " Most pundits considered this a gaffe, as he was rebuked by opponents of stem-cell research.Before entering politics, Edwards was a successful trial attorney who represented families and children that had been wrongly injured by negligent corporate manufacturers and municipal entities, as well as those injured by medical malpractice, especially by obstetricians.Edwards favors increasing border security, reducing border deaths.Experts and researchers on all sides of the stem cell debate do not know when a cure could come, but most agree that one will probably not come without the support of the federal government.On the topic of embryonic stem cell research, Edwards stated at a rally in Newton, Iowa on October 11, 2004 "If we do the work that we can do in this country, the work that we will do when John Kerry is president, people like Christopher Reeve will get up out of that wheelchair and walk again