Via Hot Air:

Daschle: I’m Sorry

Thomas A. Daschle, fighting to defend his nomination to be secretary of health and human services, released a letter early today apologizing to the top lawmakers on the Senate Finance Committee for mistakes on his personal income tax returns that resulted in $146,000 in back payments.

“I am deeply embarrassed and disappointed by the errors that required me to amend my tax returns,” he wrote to Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa). “I apologize for the errors and profoundly regret that you have had to devote time to them.”

He’s only sorry you got busted.

If we are going to use the Geithner test then what kind of unique qualifications does he have that we can’t live without him as HHS Secretary?

To use his own words, this is OUTRAGEOUS.