I agree he was genuinely sorry but here's what he said:
"And I'll get to the force field of this hostility, why it's there, why the rage is in any of us, why the trash takes place, whether or not it's between me and a couple of hecklers in the audience or between this country and another nation"
Sorry, but that's almost as pathetic as his original outburst.
Right, THAT part bothered me too, the last part of that sentence. But I didn't take it that he was blaming *his* rage on the war, just comparing the two. That statement revealed his political views, not that he wasn't taking responsbility for his actions.