Getting shot in the face means never having to say your sorry

Unless the guy who shot you is the Vice President, apparently. From Harry Whittington's statement upon release from the hospital:

My family and I are deeply sorry for all that vice president Cheney has had to go through this past week. We send our love and respect to them as they deal with situations that are much more serious than what we've had this week. And we hope that he will continue to come to Texas and seek the relaxation that he deserves.

Whittington went on to apologize for standing between Cheney and his quail, apologized to the quail that survived for having to witness the trauma of a man being shot, and to the bird shot that filled his face and caused him a minor heart attack for not allowing it to fulfill it's purpose of killing birds.

Think if Monica had gotten in front of the press and apologized for putting her mouth where it shouldn't have been, that would have ended that?