He did apologize for the pain he caused.
"I'm sorry I said bad things that I don't retract."
"I'm sorry if you were hurt by my mischaracterization of our treatment of prisoners"
"I'm especially sorry to my democratic buddies who are getting heat because of what I said"
"I'm terribly sorry that some people understood exactly what I was saying and got upset with it"
I don't know. What ever happened to:
"Last Tuesday I said that America treated it's prisoners like brutal dictators. I was wrong. I apologize for my statements, and ask that they be stricken from the record. I will also step down from my leadership position to demonstrate the error of my comments."
"I yield the floor to Sen Lott"