1. Previously on The West Wing:Copy !req
2. I've got a guy who wants to come
to a peace table, and I've got a table.Copy !req
3. What's the president doing, Leo?Copy !req
4. - A summit?
- Not today.Copy !req
5. I got enough problems.Copy !req
6. Members of Congress were killed, Mr.
President. Instead of seeking justice . . .Copy !req
7. . . .you're inviting them to play
dodgeball.Copy !req
8. - Leo's still down here?
- Yeah, he's in his office.Copy !req
9. Why isn't he up at Camp David?Copy !req
10. - You planning to discuss Jerusalem?
- That'll be last.Copy !req
11. - Because it's the only thing—
- Damn it, don't you think I know that?Copy !req
12. That may have serious repercussions
on American foreign policy for decades.Copy !req
13. - It's the appropriate, balanced—
- Tell me how this ends, Leo!Copy !req
14. My counsel is no longer of use
to you.Copy !req
15. I'll need your successor in place
before you leave.Copy !req
16. I'm pleased to announce that
this afternoon at 2:00 . . .Copy !req
17. . . .Prime Minister Zahavy, Chairman Farad
and President Bartlet will hold . . .Copy !req
18. . . .a joint press conference in the Rose
Garden to describe a tentative accord . . .Copy !req
19. . . . that's been reached
between the parties.Copy !req
20. You think the president
should address a joint session?Copy !req
21. - On the phone.
- He should address them on the phone?Copy !req
22. No, I'm on the phone.
Try Mr. McGarry again. It's urgent.Copy !req
23. My fellow Americans, please deposit
50 cents for three more paragraphs.Copy !req
24. When he comes back from Camp David,
they'll have to welcome him like a hero.Copy !req
25. No, operator, if his battery was dead,
it wouldn't—Copy !req
26. - It's still urgent.
- I tried him five times.Copy !req
27. We're signing a peace accord. His phone
should be stapled to his head.Copy !req
28. - Maybe he's at Foggy Bottom.
- Try Leo McGarry again . . .Copy !req
29. - . . . and the secretary's office.
- Peace in our time.Copy !req
30. - All downhill from here.
- So much for savoring the moment.Copy !req
31. The Republican leadership's been
in the Roosevelt Room 20 minutes.Copy !req
32. - Waiting? Why?
- A meeting with Leo.Copy !req
33. - I can't find him anywhere.
- You can't find him?Copy !req
34. Hi. Thanks for holding.Copy !req
35. - Mr. Speaker, Mr. Majority Leader.
- We're taking this meeting.Copy !req
36. Leo's got a thing at Foggy Bottom.Copy !req
37. - A thing?
- Who knows why he'd be busy.Copy !req
38. It's not like we brokered
a major peace deal.Copy !req
39. Don't get me wrong. You are doing great
work on the soy-based fuel subsidy.Copy !req
40. - What Josh means—
- Maybe he means someone will pay . . .Copy !req
41. . . . for 20,000 peacekeepers
to enforce your deal . . .Copy !req
42. . . . and the money's not coming
from the subsidy.Copy !req
43. You never thought
we'd get a deal, and we did.Copy !req
44. They'll be scraping faces off
Mount Rushmore. It's a news roadblock.Copy !req
45. - No use honking.
- What Josh is saying—Copy !req
46. Enjoy your roadblock,
which'll last a day, maybe two.Copy !req
47. The story goes to Congress,
and whose kids will serve . . .Copy !req
48. . . . who's gonna pay. I don't have
to honk. I'll repave the road.Copy !req
49. - if you called this meeting to talk about—
- We called to talk about a tax cut.Copy !req
50. - A tax cut?
- A $300 expansion . . .Copy !req
51. . . . of the child tax credit.Copy !req
52. - We scheduled more than a week ago.
- Now we have a peace to keep.Copy !req
53. By appeasing terrorists who'll come back
with badly wired pipe bombs?Copy !req
54. - I think badly wired's the good kind.
- Have you seen the deficit projections?Copy !req
55. If we do tax cuts on top of
peacekeeping, we'll drown in red ink.Copy !req
56. You're talking about an open-ended
deployment with no exit strategy.Copy !req
57. It's a way to grease the skids.Copy !req
58. Help us pass the tax cut,
then we'll vote on peacekeeping.Copy !req
59. You're trying to derail the plan.Copy !req
60. We're trying to help families
raise their kids.Copy !req
61. - Makes perfect sense in Peoria.
- Peoria doesn't have a budget deficit.Copy !req
62. - You expect the president to sign?
- And get us 60 Democratic votes . . .Copy !req
63. . . .in the House, to guarantee passage . . .Copy !req
64. . . . and make sure Democrats
can't attack us for it later.Copy !req
65. Thanks.Copy !req
66. - Signal's still trying to reach Leo.
- Thank you.Copy !req
67. Let's get a flow chart.
State calls the foreign ministers . . .Copy !req
68. . . .I call the heads of state. Like tag-team
wrestling without the body slams.Copy !req
69. - All set to pile-drive Germany, sir.
- Thank you.Copy !req
70. Round up as much international support
as we can before the 2:00 signing.Copy !req
71. The minute the peace plan gets
through the Hamas leadership—Copy !req
72. We have a problem with
our own leadership.Copy !req
73. Republicans want a tax cut
before they vote.Copy !req
74. I'm surprised they didn't wear masks
and ask for it in a paper bag.Copy !req
75. - Apparently, Leo knew.
- Okay.Copy !req
76. - We haven't reached him.
- We need this vote.Copy !req
77. - if it means choking down a tax credit—
- I think we should wait for Leo.Copy !req
78. What is it?Copy !req
79. Barracks security found Leo
in the woods at Camp David.Copy !req
80. They think it's a heart attack.Copy !req
81. They're flying him
to Bethesda Naval right now.Copy !req
82. He was unconscious for a long time.
It's a miracle he has brain function.Copy !req
83. Every minute damages
the heart muscle.Copy !req
84. - What kind of damage?
- They don't know yet.Copy !req
85. - Will they operate?
- They don't know.Copy !req
86. These are the best
thoracic surgeons in the world.Copy !req
87. - What the hell do they know?
- That time is muscle.Copy !req
88. They're gonna do everything they can.Copy !req
89. There's no point in everyone going.Copy !req
90. He's gonna be out for hours.
Charlie can call back with any updates.Copy !req
91. - Should we postpone the peace signing?
- No, I'll be back in time.Copy !req
92. - Should we work out—?
- A quick vote on peacekeeping . . .Copy !req
93. . . . and a big show
of international support.Copy !req
94. A Security Council resolution
would be ideal.Copy !req
95. Hold the elevator. Thank you.Copy !req
96. Balloon angio was aborted.
He got three mgs of morphine.Copy !req
97. Two more.
Thoracic team's scrubbing in.Copy !req
98. Do you understand me? You have
blockage in two arteries to your heart.Copy !req
99. Dr. Karnow's one of the best
heart surgeons in the Northeast.Copy !req
100. Don't worry. We'll take care of you.Copy !req
101. - We should be at the hospital.
- Yeah.Copy !req
102. You know, he looked pale last night.
I just thought it was a White House tan.Copy !req
103. - Can we never use that expression?
- He should've paced himself.Copy !req
104. Come on, this isn't a guy
who treats his body like a temple.Copy !req
105. We'll be lucky to get the president back
for the signing. Let's get organized.Copy !req
106. - NSC's handling the signing ceremony.
- Remarks are done.Copy !req
107. Legislative Affairs is making calls.Copy !req
108. You're having a meeting
on homelessness and mental health.Copy !req
109. - I was.
- That's a good idea.Copy !req
110. I pushed it back.Copy !req
111. Look, we're in the middle of
an intersection without a traffic cop.Copy !req
112. If we want, we can run things
through me.Copy !req
113. If we want?Copy !req
114. I'm talking about a process.Copy !req
115. And if we want to sacrifice
livestock in your name?Copy !req
116. Fine. A decision-making tree.Copy !req
117. Be the communications director,
chief of staff.Copy !req
118. Use the barn for a stage.
How do I tell the press about Leo?Copy !req
119. A statement.
There's too much we can't answer.Copy !req
120. - Yeah.
- What matters most the next 72 hours . . .Copy !req
121. . . .is that the peace accord can hold.
In other words . . .Copy !req
122. - . . .a tax cut.
- A tax cut.Copy !req
123. Are we free associating?Copy !req
124. The leadership wants 60 Democratic
votes for a tax cut.Copy !req
125. - Or no vote on peacekeeping.
- Which makes it hard to build a coalition.Copy !req
126. - And scrape faces off Mount Rushmore.
- But it makes sense in Peoria.Copy !req
127. And yet here we are, far from Peoria
and far from making any sense.Copy !req
128. - I'll put out that statement.
- Start with ranking Democrats . . .Copy !req
129. . . . on Ways and Means.
They can deliver 30, 40 votes right off.Copy !req
130. No specifics, okay? We're just jacking up
a tax credit that's already on the books.Copy !req
131. Try to get statements endorsing the plan
from members of the Security Council.Copy !req
132. It could make a resolution seem
like a done deal.Copy !req
133. Got Germany
and Japan and Bulgaria.Copy !req
134. - State's sending them.
- Great.Copy !req
135. You might wanna gather statements
from Security Council members.Copy !req
136. Build momentum toward that resolution.
We'll tell the president it was your idea.Copy !req
137. Thanks.Copy !req
138. Hey, why don't you work with State . . .Copy !req
139. . . . bundle together any public statements
from members of the Security Council.Copy !req
140. - I got your back on this.
- My back gets your back.Copy !req
141. This day is gonna be
an absolute nightmare.Copy !req
142. What were the indications for a bypass
and not a PTCA?Copy !req
143. Lesion's too extensive.
He was in profound cardiogenic shock.Copy !req
144. - Saphenous grafts?
- Internal mammary isn't viable.Copy !req
145. - How long till he's off the pump?
- Three hours.Copy !req
146. - Maybe more.
- Three hours?Copy !req
147. - Yeah, he was down a long time.
- Time being muscle.Copy !req
148. Yes, sir.Copy !req
149. - I'll come back when I have more.
- Thank you.Copy !req
150. Hey. I'm gonna be gone for about
an hour. Call me if you hear anything.Copy !req
151. State's got draft language
for a resolution.Copy !req
152. I heard Russia's on board.Copy !req
153. Indonesia's threatening
to vote against it . . .Copy !req
154. . . . and Turkmenistan's
banging on cans.Copy !req
155. - Don't comment on Turkmenistan.
- Why not?Copy !req
156. President's Looney Tunes. He created
a holiday for his favorite melon.Copy !req
157. - A holiday for a melon?
- He mandated that the people . . .Copy !req
158. . . . gnaw on bones like dogs
to strengthen their teeth. He's nuts.Copy !req
159. He's got a Security Council vote.
Turkmenistan's taking its turn.Copy !req
160. Ignore him. He'll fall in line.Copy !req
161. - Where are you going?
- To meet Donna's plane at Andrews.Copy !req
162. Who says these jobs
don't come with a cost?Copy !req
163. Yeah.Copy !req
164. Look at you.Copy !req
165. - What?
- Leo's having his chest cracked open . . .Copy !req
166. . . . and you're headed toward
a high-fructose coma.Copy !req
167. - I just eat this when it's around.
- Which is all the time.Copy !req
168. I'd like to see you live
past the age of 12.Copy !req
169. Stay off junk for the week. See if
you can survive on, you know, food . . .Copy !req
170. . . . and I'll cook this weekend.Copy !req
171. - An apron and a floppy hat?
- Wearing anything you like.Copy !req
172. - You know perfectly well what I mean.
- You're on.Copy !req
173. Piece of cake.Copy !req
174. According to excerpts made available
by the White House...Copy !req
175. the president will declare that "peace,
so long within sight, is within grasp. "Copy !req
176. Many believe the Camp David summit
was a fool's errand, tilting at historical—Copy !req
177. Stress actually restricts the flow
of blood through the coronary arteries.Copy !req
178. What I'm saying is it's physiological.Copy !req
179. Unless you wanted him
meditating his way . . .Copy !req
180. . . . through intelligence briefings
and sleeping in a tank . . .Copy !req
181. - . . . there's nothing you did that's—
- I fired him.Copy !req
182. - What?
- Last night, at Camp David, I fired him.Copy !req
183. What does that do
to the flow of blood?Copy !req
184. Let's get another line in.Copy !req
185. - A little extra room here.
- Right.Copy !req
186. - Clamp.
- Clamp.Copy !req
187. Sponge.Copy !req
188. POTUS can't do this at 3.Copy !req
189. He's gotta do NSC principals
before he goes back to the hospital.Copy !req
190. - Push my homelessness meeting.
- Sure.Copy !req
191. The president did a great thing
at Camp David.Copy !req
192. - Yeah.
- You got any news on Leo?Copy !req
193. - They're trying to stabilize his pressure.
- What does that mean?Copy !req
194. No idea, but I wish they'd do it to me.
I know you've got a block . . .Copy !req
195. . . . of votes on Ways and Means,
and you probably think the timing . . .Copy !req
196. - . . . of this child tax credit is silly.
- I don't think it's silly.Copy !req
197. When we're asking our constituents
to support a huge troop deployment . . .Copy !req
198. - . . . we ought to give them something.
- How's $300?Copy !req
199. - Sold.
- Free wrapping at the counter.Copy !req
200. As many Democrats as you can deliver.Copy !req
201. How many children will be eligible
for this expanded credit?Copy !req
202. Same as the current code.
Income phaseout at a 110 K—Copy !req
203. No, how many children per family?Copy !req
204. How many you got?Copy !req
205. The deficit hawks are talking about
capping the number of eligible kids.Copy !req
206. - Promise me we won't.
- Leave that to Congress.Copy !req
207. What does the president say to the
parents who're on their seventh, eighth?Copy !req
208. "Try renting a movie sometime"?Copy !req
209. Republicans'll say any disincentive
to have kids is two steps short . . .Copy !req
210. . . . of government-ordered abortion.
You want us to look anti-family?Copy !req
211. It's crazy when we're gonna need
50, 60 billion for peacekeeping.Copy !req
212. - Just crazy.
- I agree, congressman . . .Copy !req
213. . . . but the leadership isn't gonna
authorize . . .Copy !req
214. - . . . without greasing the skids.
- Fine. Just go easy on the grease.Copy !req
215. - Not too much.
- We've got an income cutoff.Copy !req
216. - What more?
- Put a cap at three or four kids.Copy !req
217. Only a tiny fraction of families
has more than four kids.Copy !req
218. It sends a message about social
responsibility, as well as fiscal.Copy !req
219. Social and fiscal.Copy !req
220. We'd prefer to leave
the details to Congress.Copy !req
221. Peacekeeping's gonna explode
the deficit.Copy !req
222. We should subsidize every
Rube Goldberg's reproductive glands?Copy !req
223. They're opening the Qalandia checkpoint
in Jerusalem. I'll need more.Copy !req
224. - Check in with the hospital.
- They started the bypass.Copy !req
225. We won't know for a couple hours.Copy !req
226. Make sure they haven't had
a power outage. What's next?Copy !req
227. You've got a few minutes before NSA.
Josh is in with House Democrats.Copy !req
228. No, I'm fine.Copy !req
229. It's not a priority.Copy !req
230. I wasn't pushing.
I just threw it out as a suggestion.Copy !req
231. And I don't think that—Copy !req
232. We're open to whatever reasonable
solution you can come up with.Copy !req
233. It may not be popular to say,
but this is an information age.Copy !req
234. Quality, not quantity.Copy !req
235. - Thanks.
- Excuse me, congressman.Copy !req
236. It's just that Josh is diabetic . . .Copy !req
237. . . . and I haven't had any lunch.Copy !req
238. - Anything new?
- The damage was pretty severe.Copy !req
239. They had to restart his heart
when they took off the clamp.Copy !req
240. I need to see the president
before he goes back.Copy !req
241. He's in with Will.Copy !req
242. - Why?
- He wanted to see Will.Copy !req
243. - I wanna see him.
- I'll try. He won't be here long.Copy !req
244. I heard you finished your courses.Copy !req
245. - I've still got requirements.
- Besides courses?Copy !req
246. A swim test. Stuff like that.Copy !req
247. Well, let me know when Will
paddles back to the shallow end.Copy !req
248. Syria wishes the Golan Heights
had been on the table.Copy !req
249. Holland wishes Gouda had been on the
table. Life's full of disappointments.Copy !req
250. Sources say congressional leaders
have concerns.Copy !req
251. The major networks have shown them
trashing it for days . . .Copy !req
252. . . . but we're working with them.Copy !req
253. - Any word on Leo?
- Still in surgery. That's all I have.Copy !req
254. Thanks.Copy !req
255. - So is it gonna be Josh or Toby?
- What?Copy !req
256. - The new chief of staff.
- "C.J., I'm sorry your boss and friend . . .Copy !req
257. . . .is sprawled across
an operating table . . .Copy !req
258. . . . but I think it's kind of neat
the president forged a peace deal.Copy !req
259. Why don't I write about it?"Copy !req
260. - All done?
- Unless I'm playing both parts, yes.Copy !req
261. "Jeepers, Brock, you care about Leo
too, but there's a power vacuum here.Copy !req
262. You haven't owned a typewriter
since the Coolidge administration. "Copy !req
263. - I'd never say "jeepers. "
- Would too.Copy !req
264. - Would not.
- Would too.Copy !req
265. We're riding one of the best press
waves of this presidency.Copy !req
266. Words "Nobel Peace Prize"
were in two stories . . .Copy !req
267. . . .so I don't have to play your game
of inside baseball.Copy !req
268. - What's Leo's prognosis?
- Good.Copy !req
269. - You have no way of knowing that.
- Then why'd you ask?Copy !req
270. We're talking about
the virtual co-president.Copy !req
271. You can't tell me
who's running the place.Copy !req
272. - The president.
- How many hours did he spend . . .Copy !req
273. . . .at the hospital?
He's cleared his schedule.Copy !req
274. - He's going back?
- The Israeli-Palestinian delegations . . .Copy !req
275. . . . are at Andrews.
He's finished his public schedule.Copy !req
276. C.J., I can hold off my editors
for a day, maybe two.Copy !req
277. But pretty soon, we're gonna have
to know who's filling his shoes.Copy !req
278. Don't worry, Mr. Prime Minister.
Congress is going to schedule a vote.Copy !req
279. Yes, sir.Copy !req
280. I appreciate your help.Copy !req
281. Thank you.Copy !req
282. I'll do the rest of these from Bethesda.Copy !req
283. - You sure I can skip the reception?
- Delegations are gone. NSC says fine.Copy !req
284. Okay.Copy !req
285. Sir, I've never been prouder to work here
than I was this afternoon . . .Copy !req
286. . . . when the chairman and the prime
minister shook hands. And you—Copy !req
287. - Watched them shake hands.
- Leo would be proud too.Copy !req
288. - Will be proud.
- He had his reservations about all this.Copy !req
289. I'm not saying it won't blow up
in your face.Copy !req
290. Sir?Copy !req
291. I'll pack up and meet you
at the hospital.Copy !req
292. Okay.Copy !req
293. - Anything from—?
- No.Copy !req
294. This tax bill we're working on
for the leadership—Copy !req
295. Just get us a vote on peacekeeping.Copy !req
296. Some of the deficit hawks want us
to cap the number of kids.Copy !req
297. I'm thinking four, but then,
you stopped at three.Copy !req
298. That's probably a barrelful.Copy !req
299. Let me know when you get a vote.Copy !req
300. You know, if you want someone
working out of Leo's office . . .Copy !req
301. . . . just to shout if you need anything . . . .Copy !req
302. - I'll let you know when we got a vote.
- Thank you.Copy !req
303. This accord couldn't have been reached
without a strong American role...Copy !req
304. without President Bartlet's sustained
personal engagement.Copy !req
305. - How was your meeting?
- He asked me to pitch in.Copy !req
306. You didn't pitch a tent?Copy !req
307. Can we do some business?
Lebanon's come out against the accord.Copy !req
308. France may oppose a resolution
until Congress acts.Copy !req
309. They don't wanna do
the peacekeeping.Copy !req
310. The president of Turkmenistan's saying
he flipped Lebanon.Copy !req
311. He's lying. We should throw an elbow.Copy !req
312. This is some nutbag dictator-of-the-week
begging for surplus rutabagas.Copy !req
313. - You're a bounder and a cheat.
- You tried to entrap me . . .Copy !req
314. - . . . with those brownies.
- I didn't put those there.Copy !req
315. My traps have metal jaws.Copy !req
316. The president wants
a unanimous vote.Copy !req
317. We've lost three countries
in the last hour . . .Copy !req
318. . . . and both our diplomatic heavies
are in the cardiac ward.Copy !req
319. So we tell State to lean on France.
Slap a tariff on baguettes.Copy !req
320. Squeeze them.Copy !req
321. - Good idea.
- That'll do it.Copy !req
322. Except the secretary's
not returning my calls.Copy !req
323. - Me too. Do we have 60 votes?
- Busy guy.Copy !req
324. Congressional action would help.Copy !req
325. - I've got 23.
- I got 27. Plus, the whip's making calls.Copy !req
326. I'll get us home.Copy !req
327. I had to promise not to cap
the number of kids.Copy !req
328. - As if anyone in their right mind—
- Capped at four.Copy !req
329. I just told the deficit hawks we would.Copy !req
330. - You weren't to negotiate specifics.
- You were?Copy !req
331. "No cap" doesn't count. When did we
become the Chinese population bureau?Copy !req
332. I forgot this was the free-love clinic.
Let me go get my caftan.Copy !req
333. - There better be 23 votes in that lining.
- Okay.Copy !req
334. Get Treasury to crank out an estimate.
This cap might not save much.Copy !req
335. Maybe Josh can move back his 27
without losing your 23.Copy !req
336. I'll call the Office of Tax Analysis
at Treasury.Copy !req
337. Look for more votes in case
that doesn't work.Copy !req
338. Leo's office got meeting requests
from some backbenchers.Copy !req
339. Call them off the bench
and find more benches.Copy !req
340. What about Turkmenistan?Copy !req
341. It's a nation of Labradors run
by Zeppo Marx.Copy !req
342. Can we please stop talking
about Turkmenistan?Copy !req
343. Five hours he's been on the pump.
You blanched at three.Copy !req
344. What can I say?
Five is more than three.Copy !req
345. I don't want you to sugarcoat this.Copy !req
346. If I knew how, I would.Copy !req
347. Mr. President, Mrs. Bartlet.Copy !req
348. - Toby.
- We're still waiting.Copy !req
349. Mallory told us downstairs.Copy !req
350. Sir, may I have a moment
of your time?Copy !req
351. - About tomorrow's schedule.
- I'm staying here.Copy !req
352. - All day?
- I don't know, Toby.Copy !req
353. There are a few variables
floating around.Copy !req
354. You have to name
an interim chief of staff.Copy !req
355. - Leo is my interim chief of staff.
- Two days, for two weeks—Copy !req
356. He's been in surgery five hours.
Wanna walk in and take his car keys?Copy !req
357. No, sir. And I care about his surgery,
but we're fumbling the tax bill.Copy !req
358. Our diplomatic strategy
is a game of telephone . . .Copy !req
359. . . . and these are the things
we're spending time on.Copy !req
360. - Read the coverage. We're doing fine.
- Today? Sure.Copy !req
361. The second-day story
is how you pulled it off.Copy !req
362. But the third-day story is that
Congress doesn't wanna pay . . .Copy !req
363. . . . that our coalition's fraying,
the spokes are coming off—Copy !req
364. It's a couple of days.
This was totally unexpected.Copy !req
365. No, it wasn't.Copy !req
366. Not with Leo's history with alcohol,
with pills.Copy !req
367. Mr. President . . .Copy !req
368. . . . surely you had a process in place.Copy !req
369. Not for this. And I'm not having
this conversation here.Copy !req
370. You think we'd be doing this
without him?Copy !req
371. No, sir, but Leo is one person.Copy !req
372. And there's 290 million more,
and they come first.Copy !req
373. They finished the bypass. His heart
won't function without the machines.Copy !req
374. They'll try again in a few hours. We
have to talk to Mallory about options . . .Copy !req
375. . . .in case that doesn't work.Copy !req
376. - Anything else?
- No, sir.Copy !req
377. The surgery went well,
but his heart still won't beat on its own.Copy !req
378. - So he's one for two.
- Yeah. One for two.Copy !req
379. - Welcome home, Donna.
- Hi.Copy !req
380. - You shouldn't wheel me around.
- I wanna wheel you around.Copy !req
381. I feel like a Soviet premier
who's secretly been dead for 10 years.Copy !req
382. Your speeches to the Comintern
have been flat lately.Copy !req
383. - Donna, hi.
- Hi.Copy !req
384. I've got CEA. I wish I could—
It's so great to have you back.Copy !req
385. - You're weak, and you know.
- Belly up to the griddle, Grizelda.Copy !req
386. - Are we opening a restaurant?
- C.J.'s trying to trap me.Copy !req
387. She's going down like
a cheap pair of salad tongs.Copy !req
388. - I'm not sure I follow—
- Hang on one second.Copy !req
389. I gotta get this. Don't go anywhere.Copy !req
390. Mr. Speaker, the president's not
looking to muscle you.Copy !req
391. - That's why I'm here and not Josh.
- Okay.Copy !req
392. We almost had the 60 Democrats . . .Copy !req
393. . . . and then half of them wanted
a cap on the number of kids.Copy !req
394. - Things fell apart.
- There's other Democrats out there.Copy !req
395. We're looking to take those meetings,
and hold onto the ones we had . . .Copy !req
396. . . . but the president's hoping Congress
can vote on peacekeeping first.Copy !req
397. I'm here to sweeten the deal.Copy !req
398. A $400 tax credit.Copy !req
399. Yes.Copy !req
400. Sure. I'll put him on speaker phone.Copy !req
401. - Hello.
- The president's going postal...Copy !req
402. over this tax credit. I practically had
to peel him off the ceiling.Copy !req
403. I may talk him down, but you'll have
to move on peacekeeping.Copy !req
404. Josh.Copy !req
405. - Toby?
- Hi.Copy !req
406. - if you wanna get back to—
- Sweetening the deal?Copy !req
407. - Did I mention it's a very low ceiling?
- Allow me to speak from my own ceiling.Copy !req
408. Sixty Democrats,
or no vote on peacekeeping.Copy !req
409. I've got a quorum call, but I'm . . .Copy !req
410. . . . oh, so happy I could bring
you two together.Copy !req
411. Bye-bye, Josh, Toby.Copy !req
412. Okay, the thing about
good copbad cop, it usually helps—Copy !req
413. I need to know when Toby's back.Copy !req
414. He's trying to anoint himself
lord of the flies.Copy !req
415. And . . .Copy !req
416. - . . . get me the Democratic whip.
- You know there's an intercom.Copy !req
417. - And, Donna—
- You can always use—Copy !req
418. - The intercom.
- C.J.Copy !req
419. - I hate to take your time.
- What do you think it's for?Copy !req
420. Now I gotta do my lousy Cary Grant,
and you end up stealing the scene.Copy !req
421. What do you need?Copy !req
422. - Who's the new chief of staff?
- I'll tell you about him.Copy !req
423. Leo McGarry, comes out of Chicago.
An unconventional choice, sure—Copy !req
424. - We were off the '30s comedy.
- Leo just got out of bypass.Copy !req
425. He could be out of the woods.Copy !req
426. I guess these woods
don't include incisional pain . . .Copy !req
427. . . . chronic pain, swelling in both legs
because they took grafts from both.Copy !req
428. They don't include mood swings, loss of
short-term memory, loss of blood supply.Copy !req
429. If they do, Leo won't be
out of them for three or four months.Copy !req
430. - Who's the new chief of staff?
- You know so much, you tell me.Copy !req
431. - I'm hearing Will Bailey.
- Have your hearing checked.Copy !req
432. Had a one-on-one with the president
yesterday.Copy !req
433. Knows the military,
which Josh and Toby don't.Copy !req
434. It's Leo.
Josh and Toby know every inch . . .Copy !req
435. . . . of the government, military,
industrial, animal, mineral—Copy !req
436. Folks can manage down.
Will's proven he can manage up.Copy !req
437. A fully fledged adult.Copy !req
438. Josh and Toby are adult, responsible,
highly intelligent—Copy !req
439. Throw me in a vat of custard
with a chocolate-covered snorkel.Copy !req
440. It's gonna be you and me this weekend,
baby, and you are wearing a floppy hat!Copy !req
441. Congresswoman, thanks for seeing me.
I'm doing back-to-back meetings.Copy !req
442. - Well, thanks for seeing me.
- Obviously, Leo's out of commission.Copy !req
443. - I hope he's okay.
- Thank you.Copy !req
444. We'll need your help
on this tax bill.Copy !req
445. Harder than we thought to get
60 votes in two days.Copy !req
446. I'd like to amend it, appoint a monarch
for the United States of America.Copy !req
447. Oh, I'm serious.Copy !req
448. What are these?Copy !req
449. President's public schedules
for the last four months.Copy !req
450. I've calculated that he spends
53.7 percent of his time . . .Copy !req
451. . . . on ribbon-cuttings
and overseas tea ceremonies.Copy !req
452. Which may be why,
on his trip to Argentina . . .Copy !req
453. . . . he went to three banquets
and didn't do a damn thing . . .Copy !req
454. . . . for the pork producers in Iowa.Copy !req
455. - You can't. This isn't—
- if they don't get tax relief in this bill . . .Copy !req
456. . . .I'm calling for a monarch. Someone to
do the glad-handing, ceremonial fluff . . .Copy !req
457. . . .so the president will help
people at home.Copy !req
458. For a Democrat to do this,
we're gonna look like buffoons.Copy !req
459. I know the argument.Copy !req
460. The staff runs the show while the
president's off dedicating supermarkets.Copy !req
461. All due respect, no one elected Leo,
and no one elected you.Copy !req
462. I'm sorry I'm late, congressman.Copy !req
463. I'm sure Leo would wanna
be here himself.Copy !req
464. I'm sure.Copy !req
465. - A few snags with the tax bill.
- So I gather.Copy !req
466. Truth is, we could use your vote.Copy !req
467. Your Justice Department hasn't filed
a single amicus brief . . .Copy !req
468. . . .in the Oregon or Massachusetts
gay marriage cases.Copy !req
469. We've debated this a lot.
You know how dicey it is for the party.Copy !req
470. - I do.
- We're headed into election year.Copy !req
471. - We are.
- Can't get too ahead of public opinion . . .Copy !req
472. - . . . much as we'd like to.
- That's why I'd like to help . . .Copy !req
473. - . . .by introducing a bill to ban marriage.
- That's an interesting idea.Copy !req
474. We drop a bill to ban gay marriage . . .Copy !req
475. . . . tag a few moderate Republicans
as intolerant, but trust me . . .Copy !req
476. . . .it hurts our moderates
50 times more.Copy !req
477. My bill bans all marriage.Copy !req
478. - All, as in . . .?
- if we can't make it available . . .Copy !req
479. . . .to everyone, I want us out entirely.
Leave it to churches, synagogues . . .Copy !req
480. . . . and, of course,
casinos and department stores.Copy !req
481. Did the RNC put you up to this?Copy !req
482. They don't condone my lifestyle,
and I don't condone theirs.Copy !req
483. - The Democratic leadership.
- What about them?Copy !req
484. Did they call to warn me
that Benoit wants to ban marriage?Copy !req
485. - Ban?
- if we won't support gay marriage . . .Copy !req
486. - . . . he wants the government out entirely.
- Who takes that seriously?Copy !req
487. It's a direct-mail bonanza
for the other side.Copy !req
488. Even a fringe bill to ban marriage,
they'll be reenacting Caligula...Copy !req
489. - . . .at the Republican convention.
- You'd look cute in a toga and a collar.Copy !req
490. - Thank you.
- C.J. says China's joined . . .Copy !req
491. . . . the opposition to vote
until Congress acts.Copy !req
492. Why isn't the State Department
cracking heads?Copy !req
493. The president of Turkmenistan said
he knows of six wavering votes.Copy !req
494. No, he doesn't! He's making that up!Copy !req
495. We need a coalition. We're being
mugged by a melon worshipper.Copy !req
496. Excuse me. This is for Mr. Lyman
from the southwest gate.Copy !req
497. - From C.J. Cregg.
- Probably stuck me with the bill too.Copy !req
498. Send it to the president of Turkmenistan.Copy !req
499. The speaker was never for this deal.Copy !req
500. A Security Council resolution
would prod him.Copy !req
501. What sense does it make to wait?Copy !req
502. Thank you, Madame President.Copy !req
503. Charlie's bringing a change of clothes
and a new batch of call sheets.Copy !req
504. - Leave them at the White House.
- I'm staying here.Copy !req
505. Tell him to leave them
at the White House.Copy !req
506. I can do this here.
The way they wire these places . . .Copy !req
507. . . .I could do it from a cardboard box
in Lafayette Park.Copy !req
508. You think this is your fault.Copy !req
509. It's not.Copy !req
510. He's my best friend.Copy !req
511. I'm not the kind
who has best friends.Copy !req
512. Because your life is your work,
and so is his.Copy !req
513. - Your work.
- What are you trying to say?Copy !req
514. You chose this. Both of you.Copy !req
515. You're running a country,
not a tree house.Copy !req
516. Leo stays in the tree.
We'll work around his recovery.Copy !req
517. - Half-days, whatever it takes.
- He's not gonna work half-days.Copy !req
518. - He's not gonna do whatever it takes.
- That's his decision.Copy !req
519. - We know what that will be.
- So I wake him and fire him?Copy !req
520. - It worked so well the first time.
- Let's talk about this time.Copy !req
521. You've got to keep him out of that job.Copy !req
522. He'll kill himself for you if you don't.Copy !req
523. Debbie, I'm ready for my next call.Copy !req
524. - I'm late for a briefing.
- It just started.Copy !req
525. England, Iceland, Spain and Canada
have all pledged troops for peacekeeping.Copy !req
526. - DOD called me.
- There's something else.Copy !req
527. Does Canada even have troops?
They hurl little bottles of maple syrup?Copy !req
528. - Put out a release.
- C.J.--Copy !req
529. - Something else, what?
- Leo's heart's beating on its own.Copy !req
530. He's still critical,
but he's off the heart and lung machine.Copy !req
531. I'm late for an economic briefing.Copy !req
532. - Leo's off the pump.
- I heard.Copy !req
533. - What's this?
- A pen.Copy !req
534. - Am I having a bar mitzvah?
- The peace signing.Copy !req
535. The prime minister used it to sign
the H in his name. I tried for the Z.Copy !req
536. The Israeli ambassador beat me to it.Copy !req
537. I didn't have anything to do with it.Copy !req
538. Let's just say you were a blood donor.
I wanna stop taking those for granted.Copy !req
539. Thank you.Copy !req
540. Why's the treasury secretary on TV?Copy !req
541. She's probably spinning
the peace deal.Copy !req
542. C.J.'s rolling out
Cabinet heavyweights.Copy !req
543. We ought to loop her in
on that tax cut, actually.Copy !req
544. I believe so, Steve. I'm hopeful.
So is the president.Copy !req
545. There are rumors circulating...Copy !req
546. on the Hill about a new tax cut
from the administration.Copy !req
547. Some believe it's a way to buy support
for a tough peacekeeping mission.Copy !req
548. That's without foundation, Steve.Copy !req
549. The Treasury did an estimate of the cost
of tax cuts on top of peacekeeping.Copy !req
550. It would substantially increase deficit.
I can guarantee the president won't sign.Copy !req
551. Thank you, Madame Secretary.Copy !req
552. The Treasury estimate.Copy !req
553. - Did you see it?
- No.Copy !req
554. - Treasury secretary did.
- Yeah.Copy !req
555. - Pretty upset.
- Upset. Pretty.Copy !req
556. - We should've looped her in sooner.
- Or ever.Copy !req
557. Yeah. That too.Copy !req
558. When I suggested a Treasury estimate,
I assumed we told the secretary . . .Copy !req
559. . . . head of all federal tax policy, what in
Alexander Hamilton's name we're doing.Copy !req
560. Good assumption, though.Copy !req
561. I'll call her press office,
see if we can roll this thing back.Copy !req
562. Tax cut just got more expensive.Copy !req
563. I had to give incentives to pork
producers to avoid a little P.R. problem.Copy !req
564. - You didn't.
- What?Copy !req
565. I promised we wouldn't back
amendments so Benoit wouldn't do . . .Copy !req
566. . . . something I don't wanna go
into now.Copy !req
567. You shouldn't negotiate specifics.Copy !req
568. I thought "no specifics" wasn't
a specific. You made these stupid rules.Copy !req
569. - if I was the only one who broke them . . .?
- What double standard is that?Copy !req
570. Find a standard, I'll let you know.Copy !req
571. - You run this off the top of your head?
- I wanna run it off something.Copy !req
572. - Decision-making tree.
- You at the top.Copy !req
573. No!Copy !req
574. With you at the top.Copy !req
575. Me?Copy !req
576. I tried to tell the president
to give you the job.Copy !req
577. - He seems to want us topless for now.
- You wanted me at the top?Copy !req
578. For two days,
I've been trying to hold a meeting.Copy !req
579. One lousy kickoff meeting
on homelessness and mental health.Copy !req
580. - The best idea you've had in months.
- It was Leo's.Copy !req
581. He didn't want the urgent
to crowd out the important.Copy !req
582. - Getting harder to tell the difference.
- Well, someone ought to try.Copy !req
583. We can't just rush in with billy clubs.Copy !req
584. Hamas and other terrorist groups
will have to stand down first.Copy !req
585. So yes, we're in discussions
with the administration...Copy !req
586. . . . and I hope to have more to say...Copy !req
587. about a possible U.S. military role
in the Middle East very soon.Copy !req
588. - "A possible role. "
- Still, coverage today was extraordinary.Copy !req
589. Burst of warmth
before you freeze to death.Copy !req
590. - It's a bit drafty in here, actually.
- Shut the door.Copy !req
591. Your meeting with the president,
I'm getting questions.Copy !req
592. Anything you wanna tell me?Copy !req
593. He wanted a few thoughts
on NATO's role in peacekeeping.Copy !req
594. NATO.Copy !req
595. Belgium . . .Copy !req
596. . . . Bulgaria, Canada . . .Copy !req
597. . . . Denmark, Estonia.Copy !req
598. - Well, heavens to Murgatroyd.
- What?Copy !req
599. We have all the NATO countries.Copy !req
600. We've been focusing on
the Security Council, but we have—Copy !req
601. - Does this mean you're cooking for me?
- Not a chance. Carol?Copy !req
602. Every NATO member's endorsed
the peace accord.Copy !req
603. We're moving the goal post
and claiming the match.Copy !req
604. He's only back here to meet
with the CINCs. Do this fast.Copy !req
605. - You go first.
- Why's that?Copy !req
606. - You've got the special relationship.
- You mean "bound for deportation. "Copy !req
607. - He's not that upset.
- Really?Copy !req
608. No, just kidding. He's ready to rip off
his finger and light it like a cigarette.Copy !req
609. I'd like to know why my treasury
secretary's on television denouncing . . .Copy !req
610. . . .a tax cut I never saw because
of an estimate I never asked for.Copy !req
611. - We did offer to brief you on the details.
- Brief me now.Copy !req
612. We're not quite ready
to brief you on the details.Copy !req
613. Because you made
a complete hash of it.Copy !req
614. The leadership's sole request
before taking up peacekeeping.Copy !req
615. We're close to 60 Democratic votes.Copy !req
616. It's just that you might face a decision
about the fall legislative agenda.Copy !req
617. - What?
- You prefer a bill to appoint . . .Copy !req
618. . . . an American monarch?Copy !req
619. Or a ban on the institution
of marriage?Copy !req
620. Except in casinos
and department stores.Copy !req
621. Tell the speaker
and the majority leader . . .Copy !req
622. . . . that with my newfound
royal authority . . .Copy !req
623. . . . with all my time
now that my marriage is banned . . .Copy !req
624. . . . and with the support
of every NATO member in my pocket . . .Copy !req
625. . . .I'm sending peacekeepers
to the Middle East.Copy !req
626. If Congress wants to feed them,
pay them . . .Copy !req
627. . . . or bring them back, that's up to them.Copy !req
628. - We're free to play with the language?
- We're done here.Copy !req
629. Oh, Josh.Copy !req
630. Shed some light on
this State Department cable.Copy !req
631. - Sir?
- "Turkmenistan to U.S . . .Copy !req
632. . . . we didn't order these pizzas. "Copy !req
633. Bet you're thinking there's
a really good explanation, sir.Copy !req
634. - Hey.
- Hey.Copy !req
635. - Some welcome-home party, huh?
- Oh, feels lucky just to be home.Copy !req
636. - How's Leo?
- He's in step-down.Copy !req
637. He can see visitors pretty soon.Copy !req
638. - Coming to the hospital?
- A bit later, yeah.Copy !req
639. - Zoey came to see me.
- I told her you were back.Copy !req
640. You finished up at Georgetown.Copy !req
641. - I wish she'd stop telling people.
- Why?Copy !req
642. - I'd shout it from the rooftops.
- We've got snipers up there.Copy !req
643. - That was a metaphorical thing.
- The truth is, I'm not done.Copy !req
644. I never took a swim test,
there's forms I haven't filed.Copy !req
645. You're holding up your college degree
over paperwork and laps in a pool?Copy !req
646. When I started Georgetown . . .Copy !req
647. . . . the president made me promise that
when I got the degree, I'd leave this job.Copy !req
648. Why would he want you to do that?Copy !req
649. He doesn't want me holding his jacket
for the rest of my life.Copy !req
650. - I'll see you at the hospital.
- Happy almost graduation, Charlie.Copy !req
651. I'm not wearing a tassel.
I don't care what they do to me.Copy !req
652. Mr. President.Copy !req
653. A morphine drip,
and we can skip the formalities.Copy !req
654. I might get one myself . . .Copy !req
655. . . . wheel it into meetings
with the joint chiefs.Copy !req
656. You're not fired, Leo.Copy !req
657. You can delegate, work part-time.Copy !req
658. Bring the morphine with you
for all I care.Copy !req
659. You . . . .Copy !req
660. You remember . . .Copy !req
661. . . . what you told me . . .Copy !req
662. . . . when you offered me the job?Copy !req
663. "I need you to jump off a cliff. "Copy !req
664. And I did.Copy !req
665. And I'd do it again.Copy !req
666. But you need a new . . .Copy !req
667. . . . chief of staff.Copy !req
668. We came here to put the job first.Copy !req
669. Spend our lives for something
that would outlast us.Copy !req
670. I just thought we'd have
a longer line of credit is all.Copy !req
671. I'm gonna need that list of names.Copy !req
672. Only one name.Copy !req
673. - You planted these baskets.
- I promised Donna no more traps.Copy !req
674. It's like a torture chamber designed
by a renegade Keebler elf.Copy !req
675. I never took a moment to thank you
for your work at Camp David . . .Copy !req
676. . . . and holding the building together—Copy !req
677. Well, not exactly together,
in Leo's absence.Copy !req
678. It's been a rocky couple of days . . .Copy !req
679. . . . and that's my fault, no one else's.Copy !req
680. We'll meet with the joint leadership
tomorrow and work out that tax cut.Copy !req
681. Even then, we've got some fences
to mend at the U.N . . .Copy !req
682. . . .so I imagine we'll see some pretty
rough third- and fourth-day stories.Copy !req
683. But you know what?Copy !req
684. There'll be a fifth day, and a sixth . . .Copy !req
685. . . . and a seventh after that.Copy !req
686. So . . .Copy !req
687. . . . go spend some time
with my outgoing chief of staff . . .Copy !req
688. . . . because then we got work to do.Copy !req
689. Thank you, Mr. President.Copy !req
690. - C.J.
- Sir?Copy !req
691. There's something I need you
to do for me.Copy !req
692. What's that?Copy !req
693. Jump off a cliff.Copy !req
694. We'll talk about it on the ride back.Copy !req
695. Yes, sir.Copy !req