Not sure what he heard or what he was told or who got on his case, but Chris Matthews just gave one of the weirdest, 'I'm for the little guy', 'I love politics', 'women rock' half-defensive, half contrite apologies I've heard in some time in the lead in to Hardball just now. It was for his recent claim that Hillary only got where she is today because Bill cheated on her.

And here it is ...

Late Update: In case you missed what the apology was about, it's this video from last week ...