Daschle Apologizes

In a letter to the chairman and ranking Republican of the Senate Finance Committee, which holds a closed-door meeting at 5 p.m. today to discuss his tax issues — first reported in this space and on ABC News on Friday night — former Sen. Tom Daschle says he is “deeply embarrassed and disappointed by the errors that required me to amend my tax returns. I apologize for the errors and profoundly regret that you have had to devote time to them.”