Election 2008: Apology Watch #4

McCain Regrets Use of Term 'Tar Baby'.Via NewsMax:

Republican presidential contender John McCain on Friday
used the term "tar baby," considered by some a racial epithet, and later said he
regretted it.
Answering questions at a town hall meeting, the Arizona
senator was discussing federal involvement in custody cases when he said, "For
me to stand here and ... say I'm going to declare divorces invalid because of
someone who feels they weren't treated fairly in court, we are getting into a tar baby of enormous proportions and I don't know how
you get out of that."

After the event, McCain told reporters: "I don't think I should have used that word and I was wrong to do so."