Last week, Sen. John Kerry said the members of the U.S. military are stupid and uneducated. After two days and a shunning by his colleagues not seen since the days of Hester Prynne, Kerry apologized -- sort of.

Kerry's apology was transparently insincere and it followed the template of insincere apologies by all politicians nowadays. The politician isn't sorry for what they said or did, they're sorry if what they said or did "offended anyone." As though the offense was causing someone else to take offense, and not the statement itself.

If that wasn't bad enough, a quick look at John Kerry's Web site shows that his contrition is false.

If you're truly sorry about what you said, you don't hype the statements of true believers who are defending the statements you're sorry for.