President Obama’s acceptance of responsibility over the nomination of Tom Daschle as secretary of health and human services contrasted sharply with the eight years of non-apologies under President Bush. The Nation‘s editor-in-chief Katrina vanden Heuvel points out the swift action of the president in correcting ethics lapses in this clip from The Today Show.

—Gabriela Resto-Montero

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