What is the deal with the Kerry/Edwards Train Missing a stop?

So why are people making a bid deal out of this. Seems like a simple apology would have sufficed rather than 5 mins on all news stations and John Edwards having to go back there. He wasn't driving the train!

Looking on the bright side... I didn't get bitten by any of my little friends in the South today. This will be an ongoing theme since the little buggers seem to like eating foreign food (i.e. British).