Senator Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va. called Arizona senator and presidential candidate John McCain Tuesday to apologize for remark he made about McCain in a recent newspaper article.

“I have deep respect for John McCain’s honorable and noble service to our country. I made an inaccurate and wrong analogy and I have extended my sincere apology to him," Rockefeller said in a release. "While we differ a great deal on policy issues, I profoundly respect and appreciate his dedication to our country, and I regret my very poor choice of words."

Rockefeller’s remarks were published in an interview with the Charleston Gazette.

He said McCain has become insensitive to many human issues.

According to the paper, Rockefeller said "McCain was a fighter pilot, who dropped laser-guided missiles from 35,000 feet. He was long gone when they hit. What happened when they [the missiles] get to the ground? He doesn’t know. You have to care about the lives of people. McCain never gets into those issues."