U.S.: Tom Daschle + back taxes = the inevitable apology to Congress
- I apologize for the errors and profoundly regret that you have had to devote time to them.
- Tom Daschle • the former Senate Majority Leader who is nominated for secretary of Health and Human Services, on having to pay $128,000 in back taxes. He wrote this in a letter to the Senate Finance Committee, who has yet to approve him. *forehead slap* • source