President Obama says he’s accepted an apology from Republican Congress member Joe Wilson for interrupting his healthcare speech on Wednesday. Wilson yelled out “you lie” when Obama said his health plan wouldn’t cover undocumented immigrants.

President Obama: “I’m a big believer that we all make mistakes. He apologized quickly and without equivocation, and I’m appreciative of that. I do think that, as I said last night, we have to get to the point where we can have a conversation about big important issues that matter to the American people without vitriol, without name-calling, without the assumption of the worst in other people’s motives.”

Wilson’s Democratic opponent, Rob Miller, has raised more than $405,000 in online donations since Wednesday night.