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