Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Max Baucus (D-MT) arrives for a meeting of the committee with Secretary-designate for Health and Human Services Tom Daschle (not pictured) about Daschle's pending nomination on Capitol Hill in Washington February 2, 2009. Daschle, President Barack Obama's choice to lead reforms of the costly U.S. healthcare system, said on Monday he was deeply embarrassed about having to pay some $140,000 in back taxes, a lapse that raised questions about his nomination. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts (UNITED STATES)