Charlie Sykes, Milwaukee's Joe Biden?

On the Sunday Insight with Charlie Sykes on of the subjects was Joe Biden's statements that were offensive to the planes, trains, and mass transit industries. The general consensus was that the irascible Joe Biden says stupid things often, and it is funny. That's quite a Sunday insight. After moving on the discuss the swine flu in a general sense, Charlie Sykes said 'it's deadly, it's fatal'. I think if Biden had called it fatal that might be considered quite a gaffe too. Since it doesn't directly offend some large industries, the apology probably would not have been necessary, but it still would have required a 'clarification' saying he mis-spoke and that it is only potentially fatal.