Apology checklist:<p>Expressing Regret. Check<p>Accepting Responsibility. Half a check<p>Making Restitution. zero<p>Genuinely Promising Change. Check<p>Requesting Forgiveness. Check<p>I'd ding him an extra half point for that "I was quoted out of context" thing. Even if true, he's quibbling at a time when he should have been doing the restitution part.<p>Still, three points out of five is not bad by comparison to other public apologies we've been getting.