I was wrong, it IS OK to frame it as an "apology"

[uppityperson]

While I don't think Whittington apologized (think he expressed regret at the whole thing and the trouble Cheney is going through), I was wrong about complaining about this. Framing it as an apology is getting more press, and more people angry at the administration's arrogance, people who up until now didn't speak out against the administration. So, frame it as an apology. Get more people angry about it and perhaps change will happen.

I will leave my rant about "why does it take an apology to change some people's minds when so much worse has happened" for another time.