CHICAGO | Roland Burris is back from Washington. And Gov. Rod Blagojevich's pick to replace Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate says the only thing he regrets is not taking the oath with the newest members of the 111th Congress.

Burris told reporters when he returned Wednesday to Chicago's Midway Airport that he had a "great meeting" with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Sen. Dick Durbin.

He says his only regret from the whirlwind two-day trip is not being able to walk on the Senate floor to be sworn in with the newest legislators.

Burris says he watched the ceremony on television and thought, "My gosh, that really should have been me."

The former Illinois attorney general is scheduled appear in Springfield Thursday before Illinois House members investigating Blagojevich's impeachment.