Laura Bush has announced that she will not support Nancy Reagan's call for federal money to be used in stem cell research.

My father remarked that this sounds like an old joke:

A man asks his boss for a raise. "I apologize for being so demanding" he says, "but my wife says that after working in this office for two years I deserve a raise." The boss takes his cell phone, excuses himself, and comes back a couple of minutes later: "I'm sorry, I called my wife, and she says no."