1 00:00:04,805 --> 00:00:06,074 Previously on The West Wing: 2 00:00:06,140 --> 00:00:08,042 So, tomorrow's the big day. 3 00:00:08,109 --> 00:00:08,876 What? Mystery Ben. 4 00:00:08,942 --> 00:00:09,977 What about him? 5 00:00:10,044 --> 00:00:11,479 He's coming by to say hello. 6 00:00:11,545 --> 00:00:13,681 No, he isn't. He's in town and he called. 7 00:00:13,747 --> 00:00:15,549 And you gave him an appointment? He seemed nice. 8 00:00:15,616 --> 00:00:17,451 He is nice, very nice. Also very married. 9 00:00:17,518 --> 00:00:18,819 Not anymore. 10 00:00:18,886 --> 00:00:20,254 ABBEY: I just want to give you a heads up. 11 00:00:20,321 --> 00:00:21,589 I'm going to start volunteering. 12 00:00:21,655 --> 00:00:22,423 Volunteering, ma'am? 13 00:00:22,490 --> 00:00:23,824 At the Washington free clinic. 14 00:00:23,891 --> 00:00:25,359 You're going to start practicing medicine again? 15 00:00:25,426 --> 00:00:26,960 I'll just be helping out a bit. 16 00:00:27,027 --> 00:00:28,229 I'm sorry, ma'am, 17 00:00:28,296 --> 00:00:29,830 are you licensed to practice medicine again? 18 00:00:29,897 --> 00:00:31,532 I voluntarily chose to stop practicing, C.J. 19 00:00:31,599 --> 00:00:35,136 I never said I was hanging up stethoscope for good. 20 00:00:37,205 --> 00:00:39,240 MAN: Preliminary results indicate 21 00:00:39,307 --> 00:00:41,309 an alarmingly high prevalence of infection. 22 00:00:41,375 --> 00:00:42,743 U.S. rates are 14%, 23 00:00:42,810 --> 00:00:45,813 whereas of patient volunteers we investigated, 24 00:00:45,879 --> 00:00:47,915 48% tested positive for HPV. 25 00:00:47,981 --> 00:00:49,083 ( phone rings ) 26 00:00:49,150 --> 00:00:51,085 Take a message. 27 00:00:57,391 --> 00:01:00,228 Dr. Foy's office. 28 00:01:00,294 --> 00:01:02,330 I'm sorry, Dr. Foy isn't available. 29 00:01:05,166 --> 00:01:07,101 Hold on a sec. 30 00:01:09,303 --> 00:01:11,539 He's from Congressman Bentley's office 31 00:01:11,605 --> 00:01:14,508 and they're reviewing one of your NIH grants. 32 00:01:21,149 --> 00:01:22,650 Thanks. 33 00:01:22,716 --> 00:01:24,885 Lewis Foy. 34 00:01:24,952 --> 00:01:27,655 That's very nice. 35 00:01:27,721 --> 00:01:30,658 I'm sorry, which congressman? 36 00:01:30,724 --> 00:01:33,561 Which project? 37 00:01:33,627 --> 00:01:36,697 Let me put you on speaker so I can find my grants file. 38 00:01:38,966 --> 00:01:42,936 MAN ( on phone ): The Congressman is especially impressed with your work on-- 39 00:01:43,003 --> 00:01:46,407 wait, I have it right here: "Human Papilloma Virus 40 00:01:46,474 --> 00:01:49,943 in Commercial Sex Workers in San Juan, Puerto Rico." 41 00:01:50,010 --> 00:01:51,179 Why the interest in Puerto Rico? 42 00:01:51,245 --> 00:01:53,281 Why focus on sex workers? 43 00:01:53,347 --> 00:01:56,550 Is that really of scientific value? 44 00:01:56,617 --> 00:01:57,818 I just submitted my non-competing renewal 45 00:01:57,885 --> 00:01:59,820 and there are three years left on my grant. 46 00:01:59,887 --> 00:02:02,022 Can you confirm your home address? He needs you. 47 00:02:02,089 --> 00:02:03,391 FOY: How is that relevant? 48 00:02:03,457 --> 00:02:05,793 The address we have is 536 Washburn Lane. 49 00:02:05,859 --> 00:02:07,495 Are you a registered voter, sir? 50 00:02:07,561 --> 00:02:10,598 Our records indicate that you're a registered Democrat. 51 00:02:10,664 --> 00:02:12,200 FOY: I don't see how that's any of your business. 52 00:02:12,266 --> 00:02:14,268 Can you tell me who you voted for? 53 00:02:14,335 --> 00:02:16,170 C.J.: Maybe she's overreacting. Maybe I'm overreacting. 54 00:02:16,237 --> 00:02:19,207 Maybe. He never mentioned her. He never made reference 55 00:02:19,273 --> 00:02:20,674 to her working in the lab at all. 56 00:02:20,741 --> 00:02:22,243 Okay. 57 00:02:22,310 --> 00:02:24,378 The old, let's-lift- up-this-rock-and-see- if-we-can- 58 00:02:24,445 --> 00:02:26,547 find-something-wiggling-underne ath-it game. 59 00:02:26,614 --> 00:02:28,115 Just happened to be her rock. 60 00:02:28,182 --> 00:02:29,116 She's so sensitive. 61 00:02:29,183 --> 00:02:30,418 You know she'd freak 62 00:02:30,484 --> 00:02:32,520 if anyone even hints at nepotism. 63 00:02:32,586 --> 00:02:34,054 Tell me this is nothing to worry about. 64 00:02:34,121 --> 00:02:36,724 This is nothing to worry about. 65 00:02:36,790 --> 00:02:39,327 Toby. 66 00:02:39,393 --> 00:02:40,728 Which Congressman was it? 67 00:02:40,794 --> 00:02:41,695 Bentley. 68 00:02:41,762 --> 00:02:42,863 As in House Reform. 69 00:02:42,930 --> 00:02:44,632 How many U.S. research labs come equipped 70 00:02:44,698 --> 00:02:46,033 with the President's daughter? 71 00:02:46,099 --> 00:02:47,501 Whether they invoked her or not, 72 00:02:47,568 --> 00:02:49,303 they wouldn't have called unless they had something. 73 00:02:49,370 --> 00:02:53,541 Somebody's out for blood and they're targeting Ellie Bartlet. 74 00:03:42,189 --> 00:03:43,424 I got the back table at 1789 75 00:03:43,491 --> 00:03:45,359 and I told him to wear the painter's pants 76 00:03:45,426 --> 00:03:47,227 so you won't be tempted to jump him. 77 00:03:47,295 --> 00:03:48,596 And he has a meeting at 3:00. 78 00:03:48,662 --> 00:03:49,263 Nice work. 79 00:03:49,330 --> 00:03:50,498 Those would have to be 80 00:03:50,564 --> 00:03:52,099 some seriously hideous painter's pants. 81 00:03:52,165 --> 00:03:53,501 Now that you've slept on it 82 00:03:53,567 --> 00:03:55,202 the call to Dr. Foy wasn't about Ellie Bartlet 83 00:03:55,269 --> 00:03:56,770 and I get to have a happy quiet day? 84 00:03:56,837 --> 00:03:58,506 Now that I've slept on it I think it's worse. 85 00:03:58,572 --> 00:04:00,007 When they were in the Governor's mansion 86 00:04:00,073 --> 00:04:01,942 Ellie got a $5 allowance for a boat-load of chores. 87 00:04:02,009 --> 00:04:04,144 The President isn't steering money to his daughter. 88 00:04:04,211 --> 00:04:05,613 Not the President. Us. 89 00:04:05,679 --> 00:04:09,049 Some overeager, NIH lackey trying to curry favor 90 00:04:09,116 --> 00:04:11,685 and this conversation would be a whole lot easier 91 00:04:11,752 --> 00:04:14,322 were I not fighting my way through a cloud of Obsession. 92 00:04:14,388 --> 00:04:15,423 There's no cloud. 93 00:04:15,489 --> 00:04:17,090 It's about to precipitate out. 94 00:04:17,157 --> 00:04:18,426 It's about to rain Obsession. 95 00:04:18,492 --> 00:04:19,727 I got a brief. 96 00:04:19,793 --> 00:04:21,795 I'll get a breakdown of Foy's funding. 97 00:04:21,862 --> 00:04:23,831 Hope like hell it hasn't gone up since Ellie Bartlet 98 00:04:23,897 --> 00:04:25,132 started working in his lab. 99 00:04:25,198 --> 00:04:26,800 I'll call Mike Rafter on the House Committee. 100 00:04:26,867 --> 00:04:29,337 Thank you. It's not about you. 101 00:04:29,403 --> 00:04:31,772 I'll pretty much do anything to avoid using the words 102 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:34,775 "Mr. President" and "your daughter" in the same sentence. 103 00:04:34,842 --> 00:04:37,345 So, what did you think of the Lawrence opinion? 104 00:04:37,411 --> 00:04:39,647 You keeping track of the Court these days? 105 00:04:39,713 --> 00:04:42,316 When I'm not color coding the President's M&M's. 106 00:04:42,383 --> 00:04:44,485 You still smarting I had to carry your ass through con law? 107 00:04:44,552 --> 00:04:46,019 You did not have to carry... 108 00:04:46,086 --> 00:04:48,255 You thought strict scrutiny was a pick-up technique. 109 00:04:48,322 --> 00:04:51,792 Hey, worked on Pam Sussman-- 110 00:04:51,859 --> 00:04:53,861 I mean not that well. How is your lovely wife? 111 00:04:53,927 --> 00:04:55,028 She's good. 112 00:04:56,830 --> 00:05:00,334 So, Georgetown offered me dean of the law school. 113 00:05:00,401 --> 00:05:01,902 That's great, 114 00:05:01,969 --> 00:05:05,305 except aren't you a judicial nominee for the Sixth Circuit? 115 00:05:05,373 --> 00:05:07,975 I've been a judicial nominee for the Sixth Circuit for 12 months. 116 00:05:08,041 --> 00:05:09,276 You knew the confirmation process 117 00:05:09,343 --> 00:05:10,344 was going to be an uphill battle. 118 00:05:10,411 --> 00:05:11,412 Uphill battle? 119 00:05:11,479 --> 00:05:12,580 It's a permanent gag order. 120 00:05:12,646 --> 00:05:14,548 I can't write, I can't publish. 121 00:05:14,615 --> 00:05:16,450 Hell, I can't even debate the cases with my students. 122 00:05:16,517 --> 00:05:18,285 Not to mention that I've had a bull's-eye 123 00:05:18,352 --> 00:05:19,987 painted on my back for 12 months. 124 00:05:20,053 --> 00:05:22,523 They've called my wife, my brother, my ex-girlfriends. 125 00:05:22,590 --> 00:05:23,391 These things take time. 126 00:05:23,457 --> 00:05:24,625 Come on, the Republicans 127 00:05:24,692 --> 00:05:25,893 have been blocking your nominations 128 00:05:25,959 --> 00:05:27,461 since Bartlet took office. You drop out, 129 00:05:27,528 --> 00:05:28,796 you're going to close this door forever. 130 00:05:28,862 --> 00:05:31,832 I'm not sure this door was ever open. 131 00:05:31,899 --> 00:05:33,934 When does Georgetown... Don't do this to me. 132 00:05:34,001 --> 00:05:36,437 When do they need to know? The end of the week. 133 00:05:36,504 --> 00:05:38,271 Give me till then. To do what? 134 00:05:38,338 --> 00:05:40,708 To fix it. 135 00:05:44,478 --> 00:05:47,581 They said they'd call back. 136 00:05:47,648 --> 00:05:50,551 You told Congressman Bentley it was the White House calling? 137 00:05:50,618 --> 00:05:52,920 Toby Ziegler from the White House? 138 00:05:52,986 --> 00:05:54,955 Maybe you're running out of shizzle. 139 00:05:55,022 --> 00:05:57,658 I looked up his funding on the NIH's public website. 140 00:05:57,725 --> 00:05:59,827 The money for last year's the same as before 141 00:05:59,893 --> 00:06:03,230 Ellie Bartlet started working-- okay, $14 more. 142 00:06:03,296 --> 00:06:05,265 Maybe they gave him a new trash can. 143 00:06:05,332 --> 00:06:06,767 Try Bentley again 144 00:06:06,834 --> 00:06:09,136 and look into not-so-direct ways we could be sending money 145 00:06:09,202 --> 00:06:10,237 in Dr. Foy's direction. 146 00:06:10,303 --> 00:06:12,673 And please don't say shizzle. 147 00:06:14,041 --> 00:06:15,509 Mrs. Bartlet ditched the Board of Regents meeting? 148 00:06:15,576 --> 00:06:17,210 What, did you find her smoking in the parking lot 149 00:06:17,277 --> 00:06:18,846 at the Smithsonian? 150 00:06:18,912 --> 00:06:20,481 She was working at the clinic and she sent a proxy, 151 00:06:20,548 --> 00:06:22,349 but Chairwoman Dorthea Langston Lodge 152 00:06:22,416 --> 00:06:24,251 is hopping mad and threatening to go to the press. 153 00:06:24,317 --> 00:06:26,520 Hopping mad she had to go to the Board of Regents meeting. 154 00:06:26,587 --> 00:06:27,788 We've got an image problem. 155 00:06:27,855 --> 00:06:29,690 The stories aren't dying down. 156 00:06:29,757 --> 00:06:31,692 The press doesn't know what to do with the First Lady. 157 00:06:31,759 --> 00:06:33,594 Nobody does, including the President, 158 00:06:33,661 --> 00:06:35,863 which is why he'd like you to sit down with her. 159 00:06:35,929 --> 00:06:36,797 Happy to help. 160 00:06:36,864 --> 00:06:38,432 She's in the Mural Room. 161 00:06:38,499 --> 00:06:43,270 Now? I have a... had a lunch. 162 00:06:43,336 --> 00:06:45,272 I'm just going to go cancel it. 163 00:06:45,338 --> 00:06:47,575 Are you wearing White Shoulders? 164 00:06:47,641 --> 00:06:51,044 My piano teacher used to wear White Shoulders. 165 00:06:51,111 --> 00:06:52,613 Not as much. 166 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:02,255 Hi. 167 00:07:02,322 --> 00:07:04,558 Hi. 168 00:07:04,625 --> 00:07:06,460 Long time. 169 00:07:06,527 --> 00:07:09,229 Yeah. You look great. 170 00:07:09,296 --> 00:07:11,632 You, too. 171 00:07:13,266 --> 00:07:15,235 I'm sorry, Ben. I can't have lunch. 172 00:07:15,302 --> 00:07:16,704 And I don't have a lot of time. 173 00:07:16,770 --> 00:07:19,106 But... you did the dance. You paid your dues. 174 00:07:19,172 --> 00:07:20,741 I want you to know that I'm in. 175 00:07:20,808 --> 00:07:22,610 What? 176 00:07:22,676 --> 00:07:23,911 Coy is a bad color on me. 177 00:07:23,977 --> 00:07:25,546 I'm ready. I'm on board. 178 00:07:25,613 --> 00:07:28,215 I want you to count me in because I'm in. 179 00:07:29,883 --> 00:07:32,553 I got to go. Call me later. 180 00:07:37,124 --> 00:07:39,059 Hey, did you get Leo? 181 00:07:39,126 --> 00:07:39,927 He's booked. 182 00:07:39,993 --> 00:07:41,529 Tell Margaret I can talk so fast 183 00:07:41,595 --> 00:07:42,930 it won't actually take measurable time. 184 00:07:42,996 --> 00:07:44,698 I'm waiting for Rodney. Who's Rodney? 185 00:07:44,765 --> 00:07:46,567 Ryan's roommate. Ryan's got a roommate? 186 00:07:46,634 --> 00:07:48,268 He's checking to see if Ryan's in his room 187 00:07:48,335 --> 00:07:50,638 because Ryan didn't show up today and it's not like him. 188 00:07:50,704 --> 00:07:52,506 Really? 'Cause it seems exactly like him. 189 00:07:52,573 --> 00:07:53,874 He's never late. 190 00:07:53,941 --> 00:07:55,909 He walks in like he's late, but he's not. 191 00:07:55,976 --> 00:07:58,579 Like when you're on a train and the train next to you 192 00:07:58,646 --> 00:08:00,380 is pulling away, only it seems like... 193 00:08:00,447 --> 00:08:01,882 Rodney's taking a long time. 194 00:08:01,949 --> 00:08:03,350 Do you think he went back to sleep? 195 00:08:03,416 --> 00:08:05,753 That or he's dead now, too. 196 00:08:06,620 --> 00:08:08,221 Get me Leo. 197 00:08:10,357 --> 00:08:11,525 So what was it? 198 00:08:11,592 --> 00:08:13,260 The tube top to meet the Queen of England 199 00:08:13,326 --> 00:08:15,763 or the low-rise jeans for the North Korean delegation? 200 00:08:15,829 --> 00:08:17,631 Mrs. Bartlet, the press didn't know 201 00:08:17,698 --> 00:08:19,432 what to make of you before the M.S. became public. 202 00:08:19,499 --> 00:08:20,801 You've never been 203 00:08:20,868 --> 00:08:22,770 the traditional hat-knitting president's wife. 204 00:08:22,836 --> 00:08:25,105 Oh, shoot. Was that in the handbook? 205 00:08:25,172 --> 00:08:27,374 Maybe just get me a photographer 206 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:29,009 and seven years worth of yarn. 207 00:08:29,076 --> 00:08:31,745 Can you tell me why you decided to volunteer at the free clinic? 208 00:08:31,812 --> 00:08:33,213 Because instead of putting out a press release 209 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:35,549 I decided to roll up my sleeves and help treat children. 210 00:08:35,616 --> 00:08:37,417 Is there any particular... 211 00:08:37,484 --> 00:08:40,187 There are any number of children's health issues I'm interested in, 212 00:08:40,253 --> 00:08:42,089 so I thought it was appropriate to go out 213 00:08:42,155 --> 00:08:43,957 and just see what's going on first-hand. 214 00:08:44,024 --> 00:08:45,993 Great. But until the press understands that 215 00:08:46,059 --> 00:08:48,395 they're going to fill in the blanks with self-aggrandizing, 216 00:08:48,461 --> 00:08:50,130 craven, vote-grabbing... 217 00:08:50,197 --> 00:08:52,499 Would you like me to do interviews with the press corps? 218 00:08:52,566 --> 00:08:53,834 God no! They're the most cynical 219 00:08:53,901 --> 00:08:55,335 bastards on the planet. 220 00:08:55,402 --> 00:08:57,404 You need to get beyond the Washington echo chamber 221 00:08:57,470 --> 00:09:00,073 and speak right to the people. So, what did you have in mind? 222 00:09:00,140 --> 00:09:02,843 I checked out the reject list from your invitation file 223 00:09:02,910 --> 00:09:04,511 and there are a few things in here 224 00:09:04,578 --> 00:09:06,246 I think you should reconsider; 225 00:09:06,313 --> 00:09:07,380 the first of which is Muppets. 226 00:09:07,447 --> 00:09:08,916 Pardon? 227 00:09:08,982 --> 00:09:10,984 Going on Sesame Street would give you an opportunity 228 00:09:11,051 --> 00:09:12,686 to reintroduce yourself as the First Lady 229 00:09:12,753 --> 00:09:13,987 who is also a working doctor 230 00:09:14,054 --> 00:09:15,555 and address the press's questions 231 00:09:15,623 --> 00:09:16,556 about your work at the clinic. 232 00:09:16,624 --> 00:09:17,891 Give a muppet a check up. 233 00:09:17,958 --> 00:09:20,060 Get your message out. No Meet The Press? 234 00:09:20,127 --> 00:09:21,361 Mrs. Bartlet... 235 00:09:21,428 --> 00:09:22,896 You don't think I could take Russert? 236 00:09:22,963 --> 00:09:24,331 Why should you? Only five people are watching 237 00:09:24,397 --> 00:09:26,033 and it's the toughest interview in the world. 238 00:09:26,099 --> 00:09:27,668 I want you on the Surgery channel, 239 00:09:27,735 --> 00:09:30,804 in women's health magazines, the Today Show. 240 00:09:30,871 --> 00:09:32,539 Mrs. Russell's approval ratings bumped considerably 241 00:09:32,606 --> 00:09:34,274 when she did her cooking segment. 242 00:09:34,341 --> 00:09:36,309 Her chili was so good they're having her back for Christmas. 243 00:09:36,376 --> 00:09:38,812 C.J., you're trying to raise my competitive hackles. 244 00:09:38,879 --> 00:09:40,013 Mrs. Bartlet, if I were trying 245 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:41,448 to raise your competitive hackles 246 00:09:41,514 --> 00:09:43,450 I'd make you watch Diane Sawyer's duet 247 00:09:43,516 --> 00:09:44,484 with Cookie Monster. 248 00:09:44,551 --> 00:09:46,519 Muppets. 249 00:09:46,586 --> 00:09:48,722 JOSH: I want to set up a meeting 250 00:09:48,789 --> 00:09:50,323 with the Judiciary Committee's chief of staff. 251 00:09:50,390 --> 00:09:52,225 That's a productive use of your time. 252 00:09:52,292 --> 00:09:55,562 Eric Hayden's going to withdraw from the nomination process. 253 00:09:55,629 --> 00:09:57,530 Sixth Circuit's got eight empty seats. 254 00:09:57,597 --> 00:09:58,899 Empty for a year and a half. 255 00:09:58,966 --> 00:10:00,801 Because the Republicans have been holding up 256 00:10:00,868 --> 00:10:02,435 our nominations in committee. What else is new? 257 00:10:02,502 --> 00:10:05,639 At least four of those nominees, including Hayden, 258 00:10:05,706 --> 00:10:07,708 would be confirmed in a straight up or down vote 259 00:10:07,775 --> 00:10:10,143 if they got out of committee and onto the Senate floor. 260 00:10:10,210 --> 00:10:11,912 Meanwhile, over in the judicial branch, 261 00:10:11,979 --> 00:10:14,014 the seven remaining judges on the Sixth Circuit 262 00:10:14,081 --> 00:10:16,917 are totally overworked, and the number of cases keeps growing. 263 00:10:16,984 --> 00:10:18,986 If Hayden withdraws... 264 00:10:19,052 --> 00:10:21,621 You want to make him the "Justice Held Hostage" poster boy? 265 00:10:21,689 --> 00:10:23,824 I'm betting the Republicans on the Judiciary Committee don't. 266 00:10:23,891 --> 00:10:25,358 How can they afford to block a qualified... 267 00:10:25,425 --> 00:10:26,994 They've been blocking our nominations since Roe. 268 00:10:27,060 --> 00:10:29,596 If a judge has half an opinion on the right to privacy, 269 00:10:29,663 --> 00:10:31,665 it's grounds for killing the nomination. 270 00:10:31,732 --> 00:10:33,033 You think you can just waltz in, 271 00:10:33,100 --> 00:10:35,102 knock on a few pipes and fix the plumbing? 272 00:10:35,168 --> 00:10:37,570 The Sixth Circuit... It's one lousy appellate court. 273 00:10:37,637 --> 00:10:39,406 Eric Hayden and the eight empty seats 274 00:10:39,472 --> 00:10:41,408 on the Sixth Circuit epitomize the problem. 275 00:10:41,474 --> 00:10:43,944 You don't think it's time to do something about it? 276 00:10:44,011 --> 00:10:45,779 Lunatics. I'm surrounded by lunatics. 277 00:10:45,846 --> 00:10:48,281 I'm going to set up the meeting. 278 00:10:48,348 --> 00:10:49,917 I got ten bucks says 279 00:10:49,983 --> 00:10:52,953 you're banging your head against the sink. 280 00:10:53,020 --> 00:10:55,122 Twenty. 281 00:10:55,188 --> 00:10:58,826 That's what I figured you'd say, Mike, but thanks for checking. 282 00:10:58,892 --> 00:11:00,393 Your friend couldn't help? 283 00:11:00,460 --> 00:11:02,796 My friend's a Democrat which means no one 284 00:11:02,863 --> 00:11:04,832 on House Reform who knows anything talks to him. 285 00:11:04,898 --> 00:11:07,400 What do you got? Bupkiss. I mean unless Dr. Foy 286 00:11:07,467 --> 00:11:10,270 got some of the $2 billion Bartlet earmarked for HIV and AIDS research. 287 00:11:10,337 --> 00:11:12,005 Foy's funding didn't come from that money. 288 00:11:12,072 --> 00:11:14,174 If this is the President's brand of favoritism, 289 00:11:14,241 --> 00:11:16,609 Dr. Foy should find himself a new sugar daddy. 290 00:11:16,676 --> 00:11:18,278 Where's Bentley? I tried him again. 291 00:11:18,345 --> 00:11:20,280 His assistant promised she'd have him call you as soon 292 00:11:20,347 --> 00:11:21,749 as he gets off the floor. 293 00:11:21,815 --> 00:11:24,117 He's not on the floor. There's no more votes today. 294 00:11:25,986 --> 00:11:28,288 WOMAN ( on TV ): ...a field for exploration. 295 00:11:28,355 --> 00:11:30,257 Now if somebody wants to do a study 296 00:11:30,323 --> 00:11:33,260 on "Depression in Childless Lesbians" 297 00:11:33,326 --> 00:11:34,361 I can't stop them. 298 00:11:34,427 --> 00:11:35,763 It's Barbara Layton. 299 00:11:35,829 --> 00:11:36,930 But what good is using taxpayer resources... 300 00:11:36,997 --> 00:11:38,031 and there's Bentley 301 00:11:38,098 --> 00:11:39,532 standing right next to her. 302 00:11:39,599 --> 00:11:40,467 ...with zero benefit. 303 00:11:40,533 --> 00:11:43,703 Get C.J. 304 00:11:43,771 --> 00:11:45,839 I have a list of 255 projects 305 00:11:45,906 --> 00:11:48,876 supported by the Bartlet administration... 306 00:11:48,942 --> 00:11:50,878 Toby. Tell him I'm already watching. 307 00:11:50,944 --> 00:11:51,879 Dr. Gloria Buezo, 308 00:11:51,945 --> 00:11:53,413 $1,788,000. 309 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:55,548 Dr. Lewis Foy..., 310 00:11:55,615 --> 00:11:56,449 Damn it. 311 00:11:56,516 --> 00:11:57,450 "Human Papilloma Virus 312 00:11:57,517 --> 00:11:58,485 in Commercial Sex Workers... 313 00:12:01,088 --> 00:12:03,123 She has a list. She made a list. 314 00:12:03,190 --> 00:12:05,692 Haven't lists gone out with Joe McCarthy and hula-hoops? 315 00:12:05,759 --> 00:12:07,160 And haven't these 255 scientists 316 00:12:07,227 --> 00:12:08,695 had to go through a rigorous review process 317 00:12:08,762 --> 00:12:09,696 before getting a dollar? 318 00:12:09,763 --> 00:12:11,164 They knew about Ellie. 319 00:12:11,231 --> 00:12:13,433 Bentley and Layton knew that if they questioned Dr. Foy, 320 00:12:13,500 --> 00:12:16,503 Ellie would contact us and we'd come knocking hard and fast, 321 00:12:16,569 --> 00:12:18,405 and I walked right into it. 322 00:12:18,471 --> 00:12:21,408 It's a full-frontal attack and Layton's not going to stop 323 00:12:21,474 --> 00:12:23,877 until she gets her televised investigation. 324 00:12:23,944 --> 00:12:25,846 You don't think Layton cares about science? 325 00:12:25,913 --> 00:12:27,781 She didn't have an opinion on artistic expression either 326 00:12:27,848 --> 00:12:29,416 and she helped dismantle the NEA. 327 00:12:29,482 --> 00:12:31,284 Let's not even dignify it. Put out a neutral statement 328 00:12:31,351 --> 00:12:33,520 saying the White House has no role in the NIH review process. 329 00:12:33,586 --> 00:12:35,856 Refer all comments to the National Institutes of Health. 330 00:12:35,923 --> 00:12:37,090 We might want the fight. 331 00:12:37,157 --> 00:12:38,525 We just got to find out what it is first. 332 00:12:38,591 --> 00:12:41,394 Rena, get me a copy of that list. 333 00:12:41,461 --> 00:12:42,429 I'm right here. 334 00:12:42,495 --> 00:12:44,497 Find out everything you can 335 00:12:44,564 --> 00:12:47,134 about the projects and the investigators. 336 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:48,601 How the list was put together. Okay. 337 00:12:48,668 --> 00:12:51,338 Get on the NIH website. Look for key words that appear 338 00:12:51,404 --> 00:12:52,472 in the project titles. 339 00:12:52,539 --> 00:12:54,842 Like "heroin," "men who sleep with men". 340 00:12:54,908 --> 00:12:56,309 They're coming after us. 341 00:12:56,376 --> 00:12:58,311 Yeah. We can't put our pieces on the board 342 00:12:58,378 --> 00:13:00,413 until we know what game we're playing. 343 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:02,482 Just don't do anything. Just don't say anything. 344 00:13:02,549 --> 00:13:04,117 We don't want Ellie's name spilling out 345 00:13:04,184 --> 00:13:05,752 because we pressed the wrong button. 346 00:13:05,819 --> 00:13:08,288 If we don't respond, it will look like we have no response. 347 00:13:08,355 --> 00:13:09,823 I'm going to need a party line. 348 00:13:09,890 --> 00:13:12,425 I'll talk to Leo. 349 00:13:12,492 --> 00:13:14,995 No, no, no. Not one of the daughters. 350 00:13:15,062 --> 00:13:16,496 They haven't involved Ellie yet. 351 00:13:16,563 --> 00:13:18,231 You know what happens if the President finds out 352 00:13:18,298 --> 00:13:20,433 Ellie's getting dragged into apolitical tar pit 353 00:13:20,500 --> 00:13:22,402 we won't be able to get him to focus 354 00:13:22,469 --> 00:13:23,703 on his breakfast order 355 00:13:23,770 --> 00:13:27,140 because he'll be asking for the launch codes. 356 00:13:27,207 --> 00:13:29,042 What's C.J. think? 357 00:13:29,109 --> 00:13:30,143 That we should hang back 358 00:13:30,210 --> 00:13:31,912 with a neutral statement. 359 00:13:31,979 --> 00:13:34,181 Hiding under the covers isn't going to work. 360 00:13:34,247 --> 00:13:37,150 Margaret? 361 00:13:37,217 --> 00:13:39,686 Set up a meeting with Toby and Layton 362 00:13:39,752 --> 00:13:41,221 for tomorrow morning. 363 00:13:41,288 --> 00:13:43,690 Let's see if we can't negotiate our way out. 364 00:13:43,756 --> 00:13:45,258 Meeting's a statement. 365 00:13:45,325 --> 00:13:48,161 Our guys will think we've caved. Her folks will crow. 366 00:13:48,228 --> 00:13:50,597 You know she's not sitting down unless she comes out 367 00:13:50,663 --> 00:13:51,932 with a pound of flesh. 368 00:13:51,999 --> 00:13:53,934 That's why I gave you till tomorrow. 369 00:13:54,001 --> 00:13:55,535 The NSC principals are in the Sit Room. 370 00:13:55,602 --> 00:13:59,072 Thanks. I'm sorry, but can we really justify 371 00:13:59,139 --> 00:14:02,943 spending $800,000 on "A Bio-Cultural Approach 372 00:14:03,010 --> 00:14:07,447 to the Study of Female Sexual Fantasy and Genital Arousal"? 373 00:14:09,883 --> 00:14:12,185 How can we afford not to? 374 00:14:12,252 --> 00:14:13,853 And the President was wondering 375 00:14:13,921 --> 00:14:16,389 if you'll be joining him at the reception for Congressman Scaia? 376 00:14:16,456 --> 00:14:17,590 You bet. 377 00:14:17,657 --> 00:14:21,394 Mrs. Bartlet, people are talking and I was wondering 378 00:14:21,461 --> 00:14:24,197 if you could confirm... Yes, Debbie. 379 00:14:24,264 --> 00:14:26,599 The Muppets are coming to our very own White House. 380 00:14:26,666 --> 00:14:29,736 I had the good fortune of seeing Judy Garland 381 00:14:29,802 --> 00:14:31,171 live at Carnegie Hall, 382 00:14:31,238 --> 00:14:34,074 but Miss Piggy... here-- it's just too much... 383 00:14:34,141 --> 00:14:35,442 CHARLIE: Debbie's a big fan. 384 00:14:35,508 --> 00:14:36,276 And you're not? 385 00:14:36,343 --> 00:14:37,610 I'm crazy for muppets. 386 00:14:37,677 --> 00:14:39,112 I'm just trying to act cool. 387 00:14:39,179 --> 00:14:42,215 Ma'am, will Fozzie bear be in the house? 388 00:14:42,282 --> 00:14:45,185 Interestingly, Fozzie and Miss Piggy 389 00:14:45,252 --> 00:14:47,454 aren't actually part of the Sesame Street gang. 390 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:49,322 They're from The Muppet Show. 391 00:14:49,389 --> 00:14:50,958 What about Kermit? 392 00:14:51,024 --> 00:14:53,526 He is the only crossover. Oh. 393 00:14:55,295 --> 00:14:57,897 Set me a meeting with the judiciary chief of staff. 394 00:14:57,965 --> 00:14:59,099 Lisa Wolfe? 395 00:14:59,166 --> 00:15:00,767 We're going to put butts in seats. 396 00:15:00,833 --> 00:15:01,901 I'm packing the court. 397 00:15:01,969 --> 00:15:03,003 Because of Eric Hayden. 398 00:15:03,070 --> 00:15:04,371 Because of Eric Hayden, 399 00:15:04,437 --> 00:15:06,239 because the Sixth Circuit's in crisis, 400 00:15:06,306 --> 00:15:08,475 because the judicial nomination process is a complete mess. 401 00:15:08,541 --> 00:15:11,211 Is this some kind of over-determined, do-something-impossible- 402 00:15:11,278 --> 00:15:13,546 to-impress-the-one-guy-who-impr esses-you-and-stole- 403 00:15:13,613 --> 00:15:15,182 your-girlfriend-in-law-school kind of thing? 404 00:15:15,248 --> 00:15:16,749 He didn't steal my girlfriend. 405 00:15:16,816 --> 00:15:18,986 I thought Pam was cute, but when I saw she had eyes for Hayden, 406 00:15:19,052 --> 00:15:20,453 I bowed out like a gentleman, 407 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:22,355 also there's nothing I take more seriously 408 00:15:22,422 --> 00:15:23,957 than getting judges on the federal bench. 409 00:15:24,024 --> 00:15:25,858 How about getting judges on the Supreme Court? 410 00:15:25,925 --> 00:15:27,227 You see, this is the problem. 411 00:15:27,294 --> 00:15:28,761 It's always about the Supreme Court. 412 00:15:28,828 --> 00:15:29,896 Nine guys getting all the ink. 413 00:15:29,963 --> 00:15:31,098 Actually, it's seven guys 414 00:15:31,164 --> 00:15:32,499 and two highly-qualified female jurists. 415 00:15:32,565 --> 00:15:33,566 The Supreme Court sees 416 00:15:33,633 --> 00:15:34,601 80 cases a year. 417 00:15:34,667 --> 00:15:36,636 These guys see close to 20,000. 418 00:15:36,703 --> 00:15:38,371 Circuit courts make 99% 419 00:15:38,438 --> 00:15:39,239 of judge-made law. 420 00:15:39,306 --> 00:15:40,907 Oh, that is important. 421 00:15:40,974 --> 00:15:42,142 You should fix that. 422 00:15:42,209 --> 00:15:43,776 Ryan's still missing, 423 00:15:43,843 --> 00:15:45,145 by the way. 424 00:15:45,212 --> 00:15:48,448 What do C.J. and Big Bird have in common? 425 00:15:48,515 --> 00:15:50,717 This'll be fun because no one's ever made a joke 426 00:15:50,783 --> 00:15:52,185 about me and Big Bird before. 427 00:15:52,252 --> 00:15:54,487 Your heads are in Ohio and your feet are in Florida. 428 00:15:54,554 --> 00:15:56,856 Wouldn't that make us not so much tall as crooked? 429 00:15:56,923 --> 00:15:58,225 Oh. Maybe. 430 00:15:58,291 --> 00:16:00,827 Is this Layton thing 431 00:16:00,893 --> 00:16:01,761 going to stick? 432 00:16:01,828 --> 00:16:03,296 Too soon to tell. 433 00:16:03,363 --> 00:16:06,299 Hard to imagine she'll get any kind of traction. 434 00:16:06,366 --> 00:16:08,501 If I had a nickel for every Republican demagogue 435 00:16:08,568 --> 00:16:11,204 bloviating about our pansy-assed priorities... 436 00:16:11,271 --> 00:16:13,173 They do love to bloviate. 437 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:14,507 I mean isn't that what the floor is for? 438 00:16:14,574 --> 00:16:16,143 Anyway... 439 00:16:16,209 --> 00:16:20,047 Do you want insight into Layton? Toby's tangled with her. 440 00:16:20,113 --> 00:16:23,350 Nah, I was just... Thanks. 441 00:16:25,852 --> 00:16:27,187 Josh. 442 00:16:27,254 --> 00:16:29,789 Hello, Lisa. Let's talk about the Sixth circuit. 443 00:16:29,856 --> 00:16:31,191 Not much to talk about. 444 00:16:31,258 --> 00:16:33,060 Court's got eight empty seats. 445 00:16:33,126 --> 00:16:35,262 And not a single confirmable nominee. 446 00:16:35,328 --> 00:16:37,197 Really? Seems like Eric Hayden's 447 00:16:37,264 --> 00:16:40,967 probably good for 53 "yeas" on the Senate floor. 448 00:16:41,034 --> 00:16:42,402 That seems unlikely. 449 00:16:42,469 --> 00:16:45,672 So you heard he's planning to withdraw. 450 00:16:45,738 --> 00:16:46,739 No. 451 00:16:46,806 --> 00:16:48,341 But it wouldn't surprise me. 452 00:16:48,408 --> 00:16:50,277 Surprised me. And I got a feeling the American public's 453 00:16:50,343 --> 00:16:51,744 going to be shocked when they hear 454 00:16:51,811 --> 00:16:53,780 what the committee's doing to the Sixth circuit. 455 00:16:53,846 --> 00:16:56,015 Protecting one of the most important courts in the land 456 00:16:56,083 --> 00:16:57,884 from being overrun by the Green Party? 457 00:16:57,950 --> 00:16:59,386 Whoa, whoa. The Green Party? 458 00:16:59,452 --> 00:17:02,021 Hayden gave a speech on gay rights five years ago 459 00:17:02,089 --> 00:17:03,323 in which he said the court 460 00:17:03,390 --> 00:17:04,757 should make sodomy laws unconstitutional. 461 00:17:04,824 --> 00:17:08,428 The Court just made sodomy laws unconstitutional. 462 00:17:08,495 --> 00:17:10,697 Yes. Let me tell you, our base was thrilled with that decision. 463 00:17:10,763 --> 00:17:12,699 The press is already writing stories about 464 00:17:12,765 --> 00:17:14,267 the state of affairs on the Sixth Circuit. 465 00:17:14,334 --> 00:17:16,203 It's time to fix this thing. 466 00:17:16,269 --> 00:17:18,505 It's in both our interests. 467 00:17:18,571 --> 00:17:19,606 Talk more. 468 00:17:19,672 --> 00:17:21,007 We start with Hayden-- 469 00:17:21,074 --> 00:17:22,109 And the Sixth Circuit. 470 00:17:22,175 --> 00:17:23,976 You guys show a little good faith, 471 00:17:24,043 --> 00:17:25,345 we'll sit down, knock back a few beers 472 00:17:25,412 --> 00:17:27,647 and see what we can do to fix the greater problem. 473 00:17:27,714 --> 00:17:29,416 Okay. 474 00:17:29,482 --> 00:17:32,319 So, if you want to convince the Republicans on the committee 475 00:17:32,385 --> 00:17:33,553 we're starting anew, 476 00:17:33,620 --> 00:17:35,455 you're going to need some new nominees. 477 00:17:35,522 --> 00:17:37,357 Confirm Hayden and we'll discuss it. 478 00:17:37,424 --> 00:17:39,092 They're going to have to fill some 479 00:17:39,159 --> 00:17:39,992 of those seats eventually. 480 00:17:40,059 --> 00:17:41,094 I don't think so. 481 00:17:41,161 --> 00:17:42,295 They can't hold out for forever. 482 00:17:42,362 --> 00:17:44,197 They can hold out for three years. 483 00:17:44,264 --> 00:17:45,632 They can't-- it's half the court. 484 00:17:45,698 --> 00:17:47,234 For six months they've left half the seats 485 00:17:47,300 --> 00:17:48,801 on the Sixth Circuit... 486 00:17:48,868 --> 00:17:51,404 Seats on the Sixth Circuit? How about 15% 487 00:17:51,471 --> 00:17:52,872 of the federal bench? 488 00:17:52,939 --> 00:17:53,740 What? 489 00:17:53,806 --> 00:17:55,308 120 vacant seats. 490 00:17:55,375 --> 00:17:58,545 120 empty robes during the last Republican presidency. 491 00:17:58,611 --> 00:18:01,414 Didn't hear Governor Bartlet complaining then. 492 00:18:01,481 --> 00:18:02,715 Do you think I like this? 493 00:18:02,782 --> 00:18:04,551 Do you think this is the way I think 494 00:18:04,617 --> 00:18:06,486 our government should function? 495 00:18:06,553 --> 00:18:10,390 I'm a Republican and I've spent every day of the past five years 496 00:18:10,457 --> 00:18:13,059 wondering whether judges shouldn't be appointed 497 00:18:13,126 --> 00:18:14,961 by executive decree. 498 00:18:15,027 --> 00:18:16,663 It's a political process. 499 00:18:16,729 --> 00:18:18,431 You want to fill the Sixth Circuit, 500 00:18:18,498 --> 00:18:21,601 you got to send us someone we can confirm. 501 00:18:23,770 --> 00:18:26,038 The staff assistants in Layton's office 502 00:18:26,105 --> 00:18:27,874 were so happy to give me the list 503 00:18:27,940 --> 00:18:30,343 I swear I heard a band playing. 504 00:18:30,410 --> 00:18:33,580 So why should we study female sex-workers at truckstops? 505 00:18:33,646 --> 00:18:35,382 What's the purpose of the study-- 506 00:18:35,448 --> 00:18:37,284 to try and improve and protect the public's health, 507 00:18:37,350 --> 00:18:39,552 scientists have a responsibility 508 00:18:39,619 --> 00:18:42,121 to study whatever they think will lead them to answers. 509 00:18:42,189 --> 00:18:43,656 And we have to pay for it? 510 00:18:43,723 --> 00:18:45,358 Yeah. If they're conducted 511 00:18:45,425 --> 00:18:47,827 ethically and have merit. But you said scientists... 512 00:18:47,894 --> 00:18:51,831 "Doesn't approve of HIV being spread through sexual contact. 513 00:18:51,898 --> 00:18:54,467 Drug addicts have made bad personal choices." 514 00:18:54,534 --> 00:18:56,369 One congresswoman doesn't get 515 00:18:56,436 --> 00:18:57,337 to appoint herself God. 516 00:18:57,404 --> 00:18:58,338 Anything else? 517 00:18:58,405 --> 00:19:00,139 Yes. I did a Google search 518 00:19:00,207 --> 00:19:01,441 for all of these project titles 519 00:19:01,508 --> 00:19:03,643 and the same website keeps coming up. 520 00:19:11,150 --> 00:19:14,821 I'm sorry, so I'm supposed to raise my kid on $650 a week 521 00:19:14,887 --> 00:19:16,489 and shell out for research 522 00:19:16,556 --> 00:19:19,626 on safe injection practices among heroin users? 523 00:19:19,692 --> 00:19:20,693 Yes. 524 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:22,195 You have a kid? 525 00:19:22,262 --> 00:19:24,397 Yeah, I have a little girl. 526 00:19:29,702 --> 00:19:31,438 TOBY: The Traditional Values Alliance? 527 00:19:31,504 --> 00:19:33,406 They represent a bunch of church groups. 528 00:19:33,473 --> 00:19:36,543 Yeah, some 50,000 of them. 529 00:19:37,977 --> 00:19:41,013 It's the same list. 530 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:42,582 Get me Mack McCall 531 00:19:42,649 --> 00:19:46,353 from the Traditional Values Alliance on the phone, now. 532 00:19:50,557 --> 00:19:52,292 Where's my 20 bucks? 533 00:19:53,493 --> 00:19:56,028 How do you feel about executive decrees? 534 00:19:56,095 --> 00:19:58,365 Love 'em. I'm making one. I want my money. 535 00:19:58,431 --> 00:20:00,166 Hold on there. 536 00:20:00,233 --> 00:20:02,201 I want to talk about recess appointments. 537 00:20:02,269 --> 00:20:03,403 A recess appointment. 538 00:20:03,470 --> 00:20:04,871 Not just one. Eight of them. 539 00:20:04,937 --> 00:20:06,506 Every vacant seat on the Sixth Circuit. 540 00:20:06,573 --> 00:20:08,140 Uh-huh. Fork it over. 541 00:20:08,207 --> 00:20:11,143 Leo... The appointments are only going to last for nine months, 542 00:20:11,210 --> 00:20:12,579 then we got to nominate these guys again 543 00:20:12,645 --> 00:20:13,946 and we're back to square one. 544 00:20:14,013 --> 00:20:15,114 It's not square one. 545 00:20:15,181 --> 00:20:16,048 We increase public awareness, 546 00:20:16,115 --> 00:20:17,617 we re-examine the process... 547 00:20:17,684 --> 00:20:19,519 We have our own little Whiskey Rebellion 548 00:20:19,586 --> 00:20:20,653 on the floor of the Senate. 549 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:22,088 In response to which we circulate 550 00:20:22,154 --> 00:20:23,823 a complete bio of every one of our new judges 551 00:20:23,890 --> 00:20:25,458 and let the country decide who's in the right. 552 00:20:25,525 --> 00:20:26,993 If we're going to have a national debate, 553 00:20:27,059 --> 00:20:28,461 it's got to be on our terms. 554 00:20:28,528 --> 00:20:31,163 Somebody's going to ask if it's constitutional. 555 00:20:31,230 --> 00:20:32,565 Chief Justice Warren thought so. 556 00:20:32,632 --> 00:20:34,233 Earl Warren approved? 557 00:20:34,301 --> 00:20:35,868 Earl Warren was one. 558 00:20:35,935 --> 00:20:37,404 Along with Brennan and Potter Stewart. 559 00:20:37,470 --> 00:20:40,407 I'll run it up the flagpole. 560 00:20:40,473 --> 00:20:42,642 Here you go. 561 00:20:45,044 --> 00:20:46,913 I don't, Charlie. C.J. and Big Bird are so tall that what? 562 00:20:46,979 --> 00:20:49,081 When you do cartwheels... We kick God in the chin. 563 00:20:49,148 --> 00:20:50,883 When we trip on a rock we hit our heads on the moon. 564 00:20:50,950 --> 00:20:52,819 When we do push-ups we burn our backs on the sun. 565 00:20:52,885 --> 00:20:54,621 And you read the Tall Street Journal. 566 00:20:54,687 --> 00:20:56,523 Go away. 567 00:20:56,589 --> 00:20:58,425 Dems have scheduled special-order speeches 568 00:20:58,491 --> 00:21:00,493 in defense of pure science, pro-family groups 569 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:02,161 are coming to Layton's defense. 570 00:21:02,228 --> 00:21:03,763 There's a letter signed by 237 members 571 00:21:03,830 --> 00:21:05,465 of the National Academy of Sciences 572 00:21:05,532 --> 00:21:08,100 calling the list "Scientific McCarthyism," 573 00:21:08,167 --> 00:21:09,336 and the head of the NIH 574 00:21:09,402 --> 00:21:10,770 just put out a statement. 575 00:21:10,837 --> 00:21:12,672 "I've ordered an immediate review 576 00:21:12,739 --> 00:21:14,841 of all relevant projects." Great. 577 00:21:14,907 --> 00:21:17,544 ABBEY: There's a whole new world of Sesame Street 578 00:21:17,610 --> 00:21:19,346 since my girls were little. 579 00:21:19,412 --> 00:21:20,980 Gordon and Susan have gotten married, 580 00:21:21,047 --> 00:21:23,149 Maria has a daughter that's almost grown. 581 00:21:23,215 --> 00:21:24,351 What about Bob? 582 00:21:24,417 --> 00:21:26,218 Bob is still there-- he looks fantastic. 583 00:21:26,285 --> 00:21:28,220 You have a handsome man in your doorway. 584 00:21:28,287 --> 00:21:29,789 Carol. 585 00:21:29,856 --> 00:21:32,258 He really needed to talk to you. 586 00:21:32,325 --> 00:21:33,259 Hello. 587 00:21:33,326 --> 00:21:34,427 I'm Abbey Bartlet. 588 00:21:34,494 --> 00:21:35,762 Ben Dryer, ma'am. 589 00:21:35,828 --> 00:21:37,430 Yes, but who are you to our C.J.? 590 00:21:37,497 --> 00:21:39,566 That's an excellent question, Mrs. Bartlet. 591 00:21:39,632 --> 00:21:41,233 Would you excuse us a moment? 592 00:21:41,300 --> 00:21:42,802 Nice to meet you. 593 00:21:42,869 --> 00:21:45,137 Whatever this is, this isn't a good time. 594 00:21:45,204 --> 00:21:46,339 What... what does that mean, 595 00:21:46,406 --> 00:21:49,275 "you're in"? 596 00:21:49,342 --> 00:21:52,044 You... me... together? 597 00:21:52,111 --> 00:21:54,714 We haven't seen each other in six years. 598 00:21:54,781 --> 00:21:56,483 We haven't slept together in 15. 599 00:21:56,549 --> 00:21:58,718 So, what, are we engaged? 600 00:21:58,785 --> 00:22:00,119 I have a daughter. I have an ex-wife, 601 00:22:00,186 --> 00:22:02,522 I have an ex-wife's mother that I take care of. 602 00:22:02,589 --> 00:22:04,791 Are we going to have kids? 603 00:22:04,857 --> 00:22:06,292 Because we should probably probably get cracking. 604 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:07,760 I didn't... 605 00:22:07,827 --> 00:22:08,795 Yeah. 606 00:22:08,861 --> 00:22:10,329 Excuse me. Hi. 607 00:22:10,397 --> 00:22:11,798 Hi. Sorry. 608 00:22:11,864 --> 00:22:14,266 I just got off with Mack McCall 609 00:22:14,333 --> 00:22:15,702 of the Traditional Values Alliance. 610 00:22:15,768 --> 00:22:18,405 The $2 billion earmarked for AIDS research is actually 611 00:22:18,471 --> 00:22:22,041 "a pseudo-scientific slush-fund for the President's daughter." 612 00:22:22,108 --> 00:22:24,143 She doesn't work in HIV. They're kooks. 613 00:22:24,210 --> 00:22:26,145 With a press conference that's going to get coverage 614 00:22:26,212 --> 00:22:27,647 on national TV. Oh, my God. 615 00:22:27,714 --> 00:22:29,782 Where is Ellie? The press is going to be all over her. 616 00:22:29,849 --> 00:22:32,351 We've got about 30 minutes to get her under wraps. 617 00:22:32,419 --> 00:22:33,953 Ron Butterfield. 618 00:22:34,020 --> 00:22:38,224 Carol, get me the Washington bureau chief. C.J.? 619 00:22:38,290 --> 00:22:40,793 Toby. 620 00:22:40,860 --> 00:22:43,696 ...began investigations into 255 scientific research projects. 621 00:22:43,763 --> 00:22:46,999 Projects all funded through NIH grants were deemed 622 00:22:47,066 --> 00:22:50,403 questionable scientific value by the committee. 623 00:22:50,470 --> 00:22:52,639 And in a recent turn of events... 624 00:23:08,921 --> 00:23:10,623 a post-doctoral research fellow at Johns Hopkins 625 00:23:10,690 --> 00:23:13,493 where she studies Human Papilloma Virus, or HPV, 626 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:15,227 in Puerto Rican sex workers... 627 00:23:15,294 --> 00:23:16,328 So, she okay? 628 00:23:16,395 --> 00:23:18,397 The Secret Service was right there. 629 00:23:18,465 --> 00:23:20,266 PRESIDENT: How is this possible?! 630 00:23:20,332 --> 00:23:21,568 This is my family! 631 00:23:21,634 --> 00:23:23,002 What the hell are are you people thinking?! 632 00:23:23,069 --> 00:23:23,970 Oh, my. 633 00:23:24,036 --> 00:23:25,004 I'd yell, too. 634 00:23:27,774 --> 00:23:29,709 How can the Traditional Values Alliance 635 00:23:29,776 --> 00:23:31,811 link AIDS money with what Ellie does? 636 00:23:31,878 --> 00:23:35,314 Aren't AIDS and HPV different areas of research? 637 00:23:35,381 --> 00:23:36,683 They're both below the waist. 638 00:23:36,749 --> 00:23:38,885 HPV is a sexually transmitted virus 639 00:23:38,951 --> 00:23:41,454 that's been linked to cervical cancer. 640 00:23:44,190 --> 00:23:45,157 Come on. 641 00:23:48,995 --> 00:23:51,764 When the NIH was founded, the idea was simple: 642 00:23:51,831 --> 00:23:53,500 Identify the best research 643 00:23:53,566 --> 00:23:55,267 as defined by scientists themselves. 644 00:23:55,334 --> 00:23:57,837 And now these people, who are not even scientists, have answered 645 00:23:57,904 --> 00:24:00,973 all the questions before any science has been done? 646 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:03,476 Have you ever seen one of these grant applications? 647 00:24:03,543 --> 00:24:04,410 We're lucky Einstein didn't have 648 00:24:04,477 --> 00:24:05,645 to fill one out 649 00:24:05,712 --> 00:24:08,047 or God knows what "E" would equal. 650 00:24:09,415 --> 00:24:11,283 So, tell me what you're doing 651 00:24:11,350 --> 00:24:12,919 with yourselves, 'cause right now 652 00:24:12,985 --> 00:24:14,854 I feel like I might just as well let loose a bunch of buzzards 653 00:24:14,921 --> 00:24:17,089 in Ellie's apartment for all the good you're doing me. 654 00:24:17,156 --> 00:24:18,290 We're pretty sure Layton's known about Ellie 655 00:24:18,357 --> 00:24:19,592 since the beginning, 656 00:24:19,659 --> 00:24:20,593 but she's been covering her tracks 657 00:24:20,660 --> 00:24:21,594 by having Bentley call 658 00:24:21,661 --> 00:24:22,529 other researchers as well. 659 00:24:22,595 --> 00:24:24,230 What do you propose? 660 00:24:24,296 --> 00:24:25,932 Let's just make a statement and call it what it is: 661 00:24:25,998 --> 00:24:28,034 People who don't like you using your daughter 662 00:24:28,100 --> 00:24:29,802 as a partisan pinata-- 663 00:24:29,869 --> 00:24:31,270 I don't want to engage with them. 664 00:24:31,337 --> 00:24:32,338 JOSH: We have to fight back. 665 00:24:32,404 --> 00:24:33,973 I'm not saying we shouldn't. 666 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:35,608 The public's health is at stake. We're gonna sit back 667 00:24:35,675 --> 00:24:38,110 and let moralistic dogma replace scientific method? 668 00:24:38,177 --> 00:24:39,779 Penicillin, human genetics. Rogaine. 669 00:24:39,846 --> 00:24:41,480 These were all discovered 670 00:24:41,548 --> 00:24:44,016 with no practical objective in mind. It's not about that. 671 00:24:44,083 --> 00:24:45,952 It is, Toby, because that's what's on the table. 672 00:24:46,018 --> 00:24:47,887 PRESIDENT: Get Layton over here. I'm not cooperating 673 00:24:47,954 --> 00:24:49,355 with any kind of investigation. 674 00:24:49,421 --> 00:24:50,890 And I want you to pull 675 00:24:50,957 --> 00:24:53,259 the passes of every White House reporter who filed on this. 676 00:24:53,325 --> 00:24:56,796 Sir, I can only imagine how angry you must be. 677 00:24:56,863 --> 00:24:58,931 Damn it! 678 00:24:58,998 --> 00:25:01,734 Ellie's never sought or accepted public office. 679 00:25:01,801 --> 00:25:03,102 She's not running that lab! 680 00:25:03,169 --> 00:25:04,236 She's a research fellow! 681 00:25:04,303 --> 00:25:05,972 They can take all the shots they want at me, 682 00:25:06,038 --> 00:25:07,807 but these people have to understand 683 00:25:07,874 --> 00:25:09,876 when they attack my family, there'll be consequences. 684 00:25:09,942 --> 00:25:11,343 JOSH: Sir, if we punish 685 00:25:11,410 --> 00:25:12,879 the Congresswoman or the press, 686 00:25:12,945 --> 00:25:14,413 we make it more of a story. 687 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:16,749 I think we can discredit Layton. 688 00:25:16,816 --> 00:25:18,184 How's that? 689 00:25:18,250 --> 00:25:19,919 She got her hit-list from a political action group 690 00:25:19,986 --> 00:25:23,155 whose other website is "TheLordhateshomos.org." 691 00:25:23,222 --> 00:25:24,256 ( scoffs ) 692 00:25:24,323 --> 00:25:25,692 Ellie's never asked for anything. 693 00:25:25,758 --> 00:25:26,959 Hell, I had to beg her 694 00:25:27,026 --> 00:25:27,927 to come to my first Inaugural Ball. 695 00:25:27,994 --> 00:25:29,896 She had some kind of exam. 696 00:25:29,962 --> 00:25:31,631 I talked to the professor and asked him to reschedule it 697 00:25:31,698 --> 00:25:33,232 I think she's still mad at me. 698 00:25:33,299 --> 00:25:35,702 Abbey and have been very clear: we won't use them, 699 00:25:35,768 --> 00:25:37,236 you can't either. 700 00:25:37,303 --> 00:25:39,405 We never even put the girls on a White House Christmas card. 701 00:25:39,471 --> 00:25:41,407 Dad, 702 00:25:41,473 --> 00:25:44,844 I'm sorry about all of this. 703 00:25:52,018 --> 00:25:54,921 What? I didn't support you? No, I'm just tired. 704 00:25:54,987 --> 00:25:57,189 I thought I'd have somewhere to go tonight 705 00:25:57,256 --> 00:25:58,557 other than my office. 706 00:25:58,625 --> 00:25:59,726 I wore perfume. 707 00:25:59,792 --> 00:26:01,193 What happened with Ben? 708 00:26:02,561 --> 00:26:04,263 I wrecked it. 709 00:26:04,330 --> 00:26:05,264 Wow. 710 00:26:05,331 --> 00:26:06,232 Is that a record? 711 00:26:06,298 --> 00:26:07,366 Personal best. 712 00:26:07,433 --> 00:26:08,467 Did you like him? 713 00:26:08,534 --> 00:26:09,468 Yeah. 714 00:26:09,535 --> 00:26:12,238 Really? Yeah. 715 00:26:12,304 --> 00:26:15,141 Go fix it. 716 00:26:15,207 --> 00:26:16,743 It's all I got. 717 00:26:22,448 --> 00:26:23,716 Call Layton's office. 718 00:26:23,783 --> 00:26:26,118 Tell him I'm coming over right now. 719 00:26:26,185 --> 00:26:27,053 You need something? 720 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:28,655 How did Layton get the list? 721 00:26:28,721 --> 00:26:31,023 Russell gonna weigh in on "Scientific McCarthyism"? 722 00:26:31,090 --> 00:26:32,391 No. I need to find out... 723 00:26:32,458 --> 00:26:33,459 Now's not good. 724 00:26:33,525 --> 00:26:34,661 Thanks, Julie. You rock. 725 00:26:34,727 --> 00:26:36,062 You're all set to see Layton. 726 00:26:36,128 --> 00:26:37,797 They're expecting you at any time. 727 00:26:37,864 --> 00:26:40,166 Please don't say "you rock." 728 00:26:44,370 --> 00:26:46,038 JOSH: We didn't have much luck with the Judiciary Committee. 729 00:26:46,105 --> 00:26:47,273 HAYDEN: I didn't expect you would. 730 00:26:47,339 --> 00:26:49,075 But the President is seriously considering 731 00:26:49,141 --> 00:26:50,109 a number of recess appointments. 732 00:26:50,176 --> 00:26:50,977 A number? 733 00:26:51,043 --> 00:26:53,145 You and the other seven nominees 734 00:26:53,212 --> 00:26:54,113 to the Sixth Circuit. 735 00:26:54,180 --> 00:26:55,147 It'll be bumpy, 736 00:26:55,214 --> 00:26:56,983 but once the public sees your credentials, 737 00:26:57,049 --> 00:26:58,184 we're confident that... 738 00:26:58,250 --> 00:26:59,886 You think it'll give the President 739 00:26:59,952 --> 00:27:01,253 a nice lift in the polls? 740 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:07,860 No. I mean, I'm sure it can't hurt, but... 741 00:27:07,927 --> 00:27:09,628 I can't be your martyr, Josh. 742 00:27:09,696 --> 00:27:11,263 I'm not asking. 743 00:27:11,330 --> 00:27:13,165 They didn't confirm me now, they're sure as hell 744 00:27:13,232 --> 00:27:14,934 not gonna confirm me nine months from now. 745 00:27:15,001 --> 00:27:16,736 You think Georgetown's gonna wait around? 746 00:27:16,803 --> 00:27:19,505 I've got two kids, my wife, a mortgage. 747 00:27:19,571 --> 00:27:20,707 I'm just trying-- 748 00:27:20,773 --> 00:27:22,775 You're trying to win. 749 00:27:24,811 --> 00:27:27,213 In my first semester at Harvard, 750 00:27:27,279 --> 00:27:29,982 one of my students helped 30 retired steelworkers 751 00:27:30,049 --> 00:27:32,384 file a class-action suit, an action under ERISA. 752 00:27:32,451 --> 00:27:35,187 They were old men, just struggling to get by 753 00:27:35,254 --> 00:27:36,923 because the mill had refused to award them 754 00:27:36,989 --> 00:27:38,657 their federally guaranteed pensions. 755 00:27:38,725 --> 00:27:39,926 So six years later, 756 00:27:39,992 --> 00:27:42,094 ten of the plaintiffs have passed on 757 00:27:42,161 --> 00:27:43,696 and the court still hasn't gotten to their case. 758 00:27:43,763 --> 00:27:45,297 You throw dirt at them. 759 00:27:45,364 --> 00:27:46,866 They throw dirt at you. 760 00:27:46,933 --> 00:27:48,267 It's never gonna stop. 761 00:27:48,334 --> 00:27:49,969 So you're just gonna hide at Georgetown 762 00:27:50,036 --> 00:27:52,705 and complain about it? Let's do something! 763 00:27:52,772 --> 00:27:54,640 We're firing a shot here. 764 00:27:54,707 --> 00:27:57,676 Maybe we won't win the war, but for Christ sakes, Hayden, 765 00:27:57,744 --> 00:27:59,445 you are one of the brightest guys 766 00:27:59,511 --> 00:28:01,213 I have ever known. 767 00:28:02,314 --> 00:28:04,550 You got nine months. 768 00:28:04,616 --> 00:28:06,853 Show 'em what you can do. 769 00:28:12,291 --> 00:28:13,459 Hey. 770 00:28:13,525 --> 00:28:14,894 Hey. 771 00:28:14,961 --> 00:28:16,528 Did you know that patents and copyrights were invented 772 00:28:16,595 --> 00:28:21,500 to encourage private patronage of science and technology? 773 00:28:21,567 --> 00:28:23,302 It didn't work, of course. 774 00:28:23,369 --> 00:28:25,271 Maybe they should have thrown in 775 00:28:25,337 --> 00:28:27,940 a free football phone. Really sorry about today. 776 00:28:28,007 --> 00:28:29,842 Yeah, well, if I'd known I was going to be on TV 777 00:28:29,909 --> 00:28:31,677 I would have blown-dried. 778 00:28:31,744 --> 00:28:35,081 There's always been tension between science and policy. 779 00:28:35,147 --> 00:28:37,750 We used to do terrible things to you people 780 00:28:37,817 --> 00:28:39,952 because we were never ready to hear what you had to say. 781 00:28:40,019 --> 00:28:41,754 I know of one guy they were ready to carve up 782 00:28:41,821 --> 00:28:44,090 with instruments of torture because he had this silly idea 783 00:28:44,156 --> 00:28:46,492 that the Earth revolved around the sun. 784 00:28:46,558 --> 00:28:48,060 If this is an object lesson 785 00:28:48,127 --> 00:28:50,129 about how scientists have it better today 786 00:28:50,196 --> 00:28:51,697 because there's no Inquisition... 787 00:28:51,764 --> 00:28:53,132 I enjoy talking about Galileo, 788 00:28:53,199 --> 00:28:54,834 and don't you start with me! 789 00:28:54,901 --> 00:28:55,902 It's apocryphal, Dad. 790 00:28:55,968 --> 00:28:57,103 A story for tourists. 791 00:28:57,169 --> 00:28:59,038 If Galileo had muttered "It still moves" 792 00:28:59,105 --> 00:29:01,240 after they made him recant his life's work, 793 00:29:01,307 --> 00:29:02,875 they would have killed him on the spot 794 00:29:02,942 --> 00:29:05,411 and I don't know why I let you do this to me! 795 00:29:10,783 --> 00:29:12,084 I promised Dr. Foy 796 00:29:12,151 --> 00:29:14,921 I'd have this stuff to him by tonight. 797 00:29:14,987 --> 00:29:15,988 He'll understand. 798 00:29:16,055 --> 00:29:17,389 I hate that he has to. 799 00:29:17,456 --> 00:29:18,925 I don't want to ask him. 800 00:29:18,991 --> 00:29:21,227 I just want to go sit in my office 801 00:29:21,293 --> 00:29:22,328 and look at my data. 802 00:29:24,263 --> 00:29:25,932 What? 803 00:29:25,998 --> 00:29:28,300 I wish you could do that, too. But I can't. 804 00:29:28,367 --> 00:29:29,468 If you believe in what you're doing, 805 00:29:29,535 --> 00:29:30,903 you have to speak up. 806 00:29:30,970 --> 00:29:34,106 Our work speaks for itself. It's not enough. 807 00:29:34,173 --> 00:29:36,008 I'm sorry you had the misfortune to be born 808 00:29:36,075 --> 00:29:38,410 into this family, but our business is politics. 809 00:29:38,477 --> 00:29:39,545 Your business. 810 00:29:39,611 --> 00:29:41,347 This whole thing started because I earmarked 811 00:29:41,413 --> 00:29:43,549 a billion dollars of the federal science budget 812 00:29:43,615 --> 00:29:44,683 for HIV/AIDS research. 813 00:29:44,750 --> 00:29:46,218 What does that have to do with...? 814 00:29:46,285 --> 00:29:47,987 Just because you like what I earmarked 815 00:29:48,054 --> 00:29:49,455 doesn't mean I didn't politicize science 816 00:29:49,521 --> 00:29:53,025 just like Barbara Layton's trying to do. 817 00:29:53,092 --> 00:29:55,161 This is the real world. 818 00:29:55,227 --> 00:29:56,929 My enemies will never stop going after you. 819 00:29:56,996 --> 00:29:58,931 But if Dr. Foy is investigated, 820 00:29:58,998 --> 00:30:01,033 you need to be right by his side. 821 00:30:01,100 --> 00:30:02,368 And C.J. can help you with a statement. 822 00:30:02,434 --> 00:30:04,170 No. 823 00:30:04,236 --> 00:30:05,838 When Galileo said "Eppur si muove" 824 00:30:05,905 --> 00:30:07,473 it meant that he would continue 825 00:30:07,539 --> 00:30:09,608 no matter what to study and publish. 826 00:30:09,675 --> 00:30:11,010 I get nosebleeds, Dad. 827 00:30:11,077 --> 00:30:12,278 Even though he had to live under house arrest 828 00:30:12,344 --> 00:30:13,545 and write in secret. 829 00:30:13,612 --> 00:30:16,115 I couldn't stand up to do a damn book report! 830 00:30:16,182 --> 00:30:18,017 It's easy for Zoey and Liz. 831 00:30:18,084 --> 00:30:20,586 You and Mom love the attention. 832 00:30:20,652 --> 00:30:21,720 Science can't wall 833 00:30:21,787 --> 00:30:23,155 itself off from controversy. 834 00:30:23,222 --> 00:30:25,357 It has to live by it! 835 00:30:25,424 --> 00:30:27,426 It's not me, Dad. 836 00:30:27,493 --> 00:30:29,128 It's not. 837 00:30:41,407 --> 00:30:42,875 LAYTON: It's a red banner day. 838 00:30:42,942 --> 00:30:44,576 and I just happened to be here 839 00:30:44,643 --> 00:30:47,379 to celebrate with you. 840 00:30:48,380 --> 00:30:49,882 Toby, hi. 841 00:30:49,949 --> 00:30:51,350 Congresswoman. 842 00:30:51,417 --> 00:30:53,652 Thanks for seeing me. I'm sorry about this mess. 843 00:30:53,719 --> 00:30:57,223 One of my assistants just had her thesis published. 844 00:30:59,625 --> 00:31:01,060 Please. 845 00:31:04,130 --> 00:31:08,034 Nobody wants to blow up the NIH here. 846 00:31:08,100 --> 00:31:10,869 I promise I won't even mention the Supercollider. 847 00:31:10,937 --> 00:31:12,638 You guys pretty much took care 848 00:31:12,704 --> 00:31:13,872 of that one already. 849 00:31:13,940 --> 00:31:15,841 I hope you will convey my deepest sympathy 850 00:31:15,908 --> 00:31:18,978 that the President's daughter has been dragged into all this. 851 00:31:19,045 --> 00:31:20,712 I'll do that. He'll be delighted 852 00:31:20,779 --> 00:31:22,781 to hear that we won't be seeing anything about Ellie Bartlet 853 00:31:22,848 --> 00:31:24,350 in your fundraising materials. 854 00:31:24,416 --> 00:31:27,419 It wasn't my decision for her to go work in a lab 855 00:31:27,486 --> 00:31:30,389 doing questionable research on Uncle Sam's dime. 856 00:31:30,456 --> 00:31:32,424 And you decide what's questionable? 857 00:31:32,491 --> 00:31:33,625 It's my job. 858 00:31:33,692 --> 00:31:36,428 I'm on the authorizing committee for that money. 859 00:31:36,495 --> 00:31:37,964 There's nothing wrong with healthy scrutiny. 860 00:31:38,030 --> 00:31:41,567 Healthy scrutiny, not subjective attack. 861 00:31:41,633 --> 00:31:43,369 Your list isn't about priorities. 862 00:31:43,435 --> 00:31:46,038 It's about imposing ideology and religious doctrine 863 00:31:46,105 --> 00:31:48,540 on the awarding of individual 864 00:31:48,607 --> 00:31:49,475 scientific grants. 865 00:31:49,541 --> 00:31:50,809 It's the taxpayers' money. 866 00:31:50,876 --> 00:31:52,044 Your disapproval 867 00:31:52,111 --> 00:31:54,146 of high-risk behavior is justification 868 00:31:54,213 --> 00:31:56,983 for stifling the research to reduce it? 869 00:31:57,049 --> 00:31:59,051 I don't have a problem with homosexuals 870 00:31:59,118 --> 00:32:00,686 or injection drug users, 871 00:32:00,752 --> 00:32:02,854 but there is only one pie 872 00:32:02,921 --> 00:32:05,457 and we're talking about spending $2 billion dollars of it 873 00:32:05,524 --> 00:32:07,693 on the small percentage of the population with HIV, 874 00:32:07,759 --> 00:32:10,029 which will mean cutting funding for Alzheimer's, 875 00:32:10,096 --> 00:32:12,431 muscular dystrophy, and diabetes, 876 00:32:12,498 --> 00:32:13,765 multiple sclerosis. 877 00:32:13,832 --> 00:32:15,201 Oh, good. The MS card. 878 00:32:15,267 --> 00:32:18,204 This doesn't have to be one or the other. 879 00:32:18,270 --> 00:32:21,873 One in eight women will get breast cancer 880 00:32:21,940 --> 00:32:25,111 and at least 15% of those aren't going to live five years 881 00:32:25,177 --> 00:32:26,545 after the diagnosis. 882 00:32:26,612 --> 00:32:28,547 Every dollar you spend on studies 883 00:32:28,614 --> 00:32:31,450 of Puerto Rican sex workers is one that you take away 884 00:32:31,517 --> 00:32:33,252 from cancer centers and clinical tests. 885 00:32:33,319 --> 00:32:34,553 You don't know that. 886 00:32:34,620 --> 00:32:35,521 You don't know where 887 00:32:35,587 --> 00:32:36,788 undirected research will lead. 888 00:32:36,855 --> 00:32:38,424 You're not a scientist 889 00:32:38,490 --> 00:32:41,060 and neither are the members of the Traditional Values Alliance. 890 00:32:41,127 --> 00:32:42,995 What are you doing in bed with these people? 891 00:32:43,062 --> 00:32:45,597 No, I'm not. 892 00:32:45,664 --> 00:32:47,533 I spoke with Mack McCall. 893 00:32:47,599 --> 00:32:49,235 Oh, Mack McCall will take credit for anything 894 00:32:49,301 --> 00:32:50,736 that gets his name in the paper. 895 00:32:50,802 --> 00:32:53,605 You got your list from the Traditional Values Alliance. 896 00:32:54,773 --> 00:32:56,075 I didn't. 897 00:32:57,343 --> 00:32:59,911 Your lists are identical. 898 00:32:59,978 --> 00:33:03,815 There's a lot of people that care about this issue. 899 00:33:03,882 --> 00:33:07,719 A lot of prominent people on both sides of the aisle. 900 00:33:09,221 --> 00:33:11,590 You'd be surprised, Toby. 901 00:33:15,761 --> 00:33:18,097 It was nice seeing you again. 902 00:33:39,385 --> 00:33:41,820 I've got muppets in, like, two minutes, but I wanted to... 903 00:33:41,887 --> 00:33:43,189 Layton claims she didn't get 904 00:33:43,255 --> 00:33:44,923 her list from the Traditional Values Alliance. 905 00:33:44,990 --> 00:33:46,592 She didn't. Rena? 906 00:33:46,658 --> 00:33:49,228 When I first checked Dr. Foy's funding on the NIH Web site, 907 00:33:49,295 --> 00:33:51,163 it said he had $14 more this year. 908 00:33:51,230 --> 00:33:53,232 Right... the trash can. 909 00:33:53,299 --> 00:33:55,967 Right, but when Layton's list came out, the extra $14 wasn't there. 910 00:33:56,034 --> 00:33:58,170 Now, there were other discrepancies between the two lists, 911 00:33:58,237 --> 00:34:00,539 but they were so small, I figured it was just human error. 912 00:34:00,606 --> 00:34:04,676 So, Layton's list is up to date and the TVA's list isn't? 913 00:34:04,743 --> 00:34:06,612 Which makes sense. It's a public Web site, 914 00:34:06,678 --> 00:34:08,214 probably not updated regularly. 915 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:09,415 But the 14 bucks kept bugging me, 916 00:34:09,481 --> 00:34:10,749 so I checked Layton's list 917 00:34:10,816 --> 00:34:12,418 against our internal, NIH generated... 918 00:34:12,484 --> 00:34:14,386 Very un-public list and... 919 00:34:14,453 --> 00:34:16,622 And... they're the same. 920 00:34:16,688 --> 00:34:17,556 Yeah. See? 921 00:34:17,623 --> 00:34:18,590 No trash can. 922 00:34:18,657 --> 00:34:20,326 Our list was put out two weeks ago. 923 00:34:20,392 --> 00:34:22,261 She couldn't have gotten that information unless... 924 00:34:22,328 --> 00:34:25,131 Unless whoever put this list together works... 925 00:34:25,197 --> 00:34:26,765 inside the administration. 926 00:34:26,832 --> 00:34:29,435 At first I thought it was Stephen James from HHS, 927 00:34:29,501 --> 00:34:31,303 because I know he hates the President, 928 00:34:31,370 --> 00:34:35,141 then I thought it was the passive-aggressive recycling guy and... 929 00:34:37,008 --> 00:34:38,810 You know who it is. 930 00:34:38,877 --> 00:34:40,179 Yeah. 931 00:34:42,281 --> 00:34:44,283 I have new pages. 932 00:34:46,051 --> 00:34:47,653 This is not what we agreed on. 933 00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:51,223 I think the First Lady had some strong ideas about her character. 934 00:34:57,263 --> 00:34:58,564 I'll catch up. 935 00:35:03,969 --> 00:35:06,505 If I were the Vice President's Chief of Staff, 936 00:35:06,572 --> 00:35:08,407 gearing up for the next campaign, 937 00:35:08,474 --> 00:35:11,743 I might be doing some thinking about our own weaknesses, 938 00:35:11,810 --> 00:35:15,181 trying to imagine how... how our opposition 939 00:35:15,247 --> 00:35:18,284 might be viewing us... with regards to say, 940 00:35:18,350 --> 00:35:19,885 health-care spending priorities. 941 00:35:19,951 --> 00:35:21,420 It was for my eyes only. 942 00:35:21,487 --> 00:35:23,422 No one here knew about it except me. 943 00:35:23,489 --> 00:35:25,691 Yeah, well, the experiment got out of the lab, huh? 944 00:35:25,757 --> 00:35:28,026 You didn't do opposition research in the last campaign? 945 00:35:28,093 --> 00:35:29,895 That's what vaults are for. 946 00:35:29,961 --> 00:35:31,963 I honestly have no idea how it got to the Congresswoman. Yeah? 947 00:35:32,030 --> 00:35:34,466 I came to talk to you about it yesterday, but you threw me out. 948 00:35:34,533 --> 00:35:36,835 Maybe if you've started the conversation by saying, 949 00:35:36,902 --> 00:35:40,138 "I just outted the President's daughter on national TV", 950 00:35:40,206 --> 00:35:42,808 that would've gotten my attention. 951 00:35:42,874 --> 00:35:44,042 So you must be happy. 952 00:35:44,109 --> 00:35:45,311 Maybe if I had stuck around, 953 00:35:45,377 --> 00:35:46,512 I wouldn't be making amateur mistakes, 954 00:35:46,578 --> 00:35:48,180 committing career suicide. 955 00:35:48,247 --> 00:35:51,049 I don't give a damn if you left opposition research in a FAX. 956 00:35:51,116 --> 00:35:52,451 Did you or did you not 957 00:35:52,518 --> 00:35:55,053 willfully target the President's daughter? 958 00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:57,856 Of course not. 959 00:35:57,923 --> 00:36:01,227 I'll take you at your word this was a mistake. 960 00:36:01,293 --> 00:36:04,630 Whatever the hell else you want to do about it is your own business. 961 00:36:06,832 --> 00:36:08,300 Thank you. 962 00:36:45,437 --> 00:36:47,239 I never do this. I'm a little nervous. 963 00:36:47,306 --> 00:36:48,440 Oh, don't be silly. 964 00:36:48,507 --> 00:36:50,108 Wow, you have beautiful hair! 965 00:36:50,175 --> 00:36:51,477 Oh, my God, that's so sweet. 966 00:36:51,543 --> 00:36:53,479 I actually need to get it cut, but thanks. 967 00:36:53,545 --> 00:36:54,280 Oh. 968 00:36:54,346 --> 00:36:56,282 ( kid jabbering ) 969 00:36:56,348 --> 00:36:57,449 Is everything okay? 970 00:36:57,516 --> 00:36:59,050 It's just that I thought, 971 00:36:59,117 --> 00:37:00,652 well, Kermit was gonna be here, 972 00:37:00,719 --> 00:37:02,621 but, you know, it's no big deal. 973 00:37:03,655 --> 00:37:06,858 I didn't know you studied HPV. 974 00:37:06,925 --> 00:37:07,759 Yeah. 975 00:37:07,826 --> 00:37:09,795 My sister died of cervical cancer. 976 00:37:09,861 --> 00:37:11,630 I'm so sorry. 977 00:37:11,697 --> 00:37:12,764 She was 37. 978 00:37:12,831 --> 00:37:14,466 It was really fast. We didn't know then. 979 00:37:14,533 --> 00:37:16,702 Nobody knew it was connected to HPV. 980 00:37:16,768 --> 00:37:17,636 Yeah. 981 00:37:17,703 --> 00:37:19,438 I read there's a vaccine coming. 982 00:37:19,505 --> 00:37:21,573 That's what we've been working on. 983 00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:24,276 Work harder. 984 00:37:25,444 --> 00:37:26,912 ( cackling laughter ) 985 00:37:26,978 --> 00:37:30,215 ELMO: Boy, going to the doctor is not so bad after all. 986 00:37:30,282 --> 00:37:32,117 ( cackling ) 987 00:37:32,183 --> 00:37:34,119 Oh, that tickles! 988 00:37:34,185 --> 00:37:36,388 ( cackling ) 989 00:37:36,455 --> 00:37:38,857 Okay, and, one, two, three. 990 00:37:38,924 --> 00:37:39,858 Oh! Oh! 991 00:37:39,925 --> 00:37:41,427 Boy, that was fun! 992 00:37:41,493 --> 00:37:42,828 Do the other one. 993 00:37:42,894 --> 00:37:44,730 Okay, Elmo, now it's time for your immunization, 994 00:37:44,796 --> 00:37:46,865 and I'm going to have to give you a little injection. 995 00:37:46,932 --> 00:37:49,468 But, Mrs. Doctor Abbey, First Lady Doctor, 996 00:37:49,535 --> 00:37:50,869 will it hurt Elmo? 997 00:37:50,936 --> 00:37:53,138 Well, it might hurt just a little tiny bit, 998 00:37:53,204 --> 00:37:55,240 but it's very important. 999 00:37:55,307 --> 00:37:56,675 Wait a minute. 1000 00:37:56,742 --> 00:37:58,544 Didn't you give up your medical license? 1001 00:37:58,610 --> 00:37:59,878 ( everybody laughs ) 1002 00:37:59,945 --> 00:38:01,580 No, you did not... you did not say that. 1003 00:38:01,647 --> 00:38:03,081 ELMO: Do you have a diploma 1004 00:38:03,148 --> 00:38:04,416 you could show Elmo? 1005 00:38:04,483 --> 00:38:05,717 ( laughter continues ) 1006 00:38:05,784 --> 00:38:07,218 ELMO: Can Elmo be frank? 1007 00:38:07,285 --> 00:38:09,988 This laughing is not filling Elmo with confidence. 1008 00:38:10,055 --> 00:38:11,990 ( laughter continues ) 1009 00:38:12,057 --> 00:38:13,859 Oh, Elmo, you, you... 1010 00:38:16,027 --> 00:38:17,596 Yeah... 1011 00:38:20,932 --> 00:38:24,002 Let me know if there's anything I can do. 1012 00:38:26,372 --> 00:38:28,940 Hayden's on board. Hayden. 1013 00:38:29,007 --> 00:38:31,377 I got him. He called Georgetown, he's ready to... 1014 00:38:31,443 --> 00:38:32,778 Yeah, we're gonna have to put that on hold. 1015 00:38:32,844 --> 00:38:34,980 We lost a Supreme Court Justice... 1016 00:38:35,046 --> 00:38:35,981 Lost? 1017 00:38:36,047 --> 00:38:36,982 Dead. 1018 00:38:37,048 --> 00:38:39,418 Justice Ashland's dead? 1019 00:38:39,485 --> 00:38:40,852 Justice Brady. 1020 00:38:40,919 --> 00:38:41,887 Owen Brady. 1021 00:38:41,953 --> 00:38:43,188 Heart attack. 1022 00:38:43,254 --> 00:38:45,857 What was he, 45? 1023 00:38:45,924 --> 00:38:47,526 Fifty-two. 1024 00:38:47,593 --> 00:38:49,995 Justice Brady. 1025 00:38:50,061 --> 00:38:53,732 Republicans are gonna go nuts. I just saw him. 1026 00:38:53,799 --> 00:38:56,368 MARGARET: Leo, you've got the head of the Senate 1027 00:38:56,435 --> 00:38:58,904 Judiciary Committee on line three. 1028 00:38:58,970 --> 00:39:00,238 I'll take it. 1029 00:39:00,305 --> 00:39:01,339 ABBEY: That's it. 1030 00:39:01,407 --> 00:39:02,708 Was that so bad? 1031 00:39:02,774 --> 00:39:04,410 Well, it hurt but just a little. 1032 00:39:04,476 --> 00:39:05,477 You did it! 1033 00:39:05,544 --> 00:39:07,312 Oh, Elmo did it, yeah! 1034 00:39:07,379 --> 00:39:08,313 ( all cheering ) 1035 00:39:08,380 --> 00:39:10,181 You are so brave! 1036 00:39:10,248 --> 00:39:13,084 Olé, Elmo, you are my hero. 1037 00:39:13,151 --> 00:39:14,252 Oh, thanks. 1038 00:39:14,319 --> 00:39:16,622 You did well. 1039 00:39:16,688 --> 00:39:18,624 If there's any kind of firestorm, 1040 00:39:18,690 --> 00:39:20,125 I promise I'll handle it. 1041 00:39:20,191 --> 00:39:21,427 I know. 1042 00:39:21,493 --> 00:39:23,328 ( whispers ): Your handsome man is back. 1043 00:39:23,395 --> 00:39:24,663 ELMO: ...First Lady Doctor. 1044 00:39:24,730 --> 00:39:26,532 ABBEY: Thank you, that's the nicest thing 1045 00:39:26,598 --> 00:39:27,966 anyone's ever said to me. 1046 00:39:28,033 --> 00:39:29,267 Thank you for coming back. 1047 00:39:29,334 --> 00:39:30,502 Thank you for calling. 1048 00:39:30,569 --> 00:39:33,939 C. J., can you help me with something? 1049 00:39:36,007 --> 00:39:37,809 ( sighs ) 1050 00:39:52,057 --> 00:39:53,091 ( knock at door ) 1051 00:39:53,158 --> 00:39:55,427 What can I do for you, Will? 1052 00:39:55,494 --> 00:39:57,328 We have to talk about the NIH list. 1053 00:39:57,395 --> 00:39:59,631 I, uh, told them I'm the only one who's seen it. 1054 00:39:59,698 --> 00:40:01,199 I thought the research would be useful. 1055 00:40:01,266 --> 00:40:03,869 I thought it was a good idea. It was a good idea. 1056 00:40:03,935 --> 00:40:06,738 I heard you played "Bad Cop-Bad Cop" with the entire staff 1057 00:40:06,805 --> 00:40:08,940 trying to find out who leaked it to Layton. 1058 00:40:09,007 --> 00:40:12,343 Doesn't one of your wife's charities 1059 00:40:12,410 --> 00:40:14,245 have something to do with breast cancer? 1060 00:40:14,312 --> 00:40:15,747 The National Foundation. 1061 00:40:15,814 --> 00:40:17,549 Congresswoman Layton's on the board 1062 00:40:17,616 --> 00:40:19,184 of that foundation, too, isn't she? 1063 00:40:19,250 --> 00:40:20,118 What's your point? 1064 00:40:20,185 --> 00:40:21,520 There may be speculation... 1065 00:40:21,587 --> 00:40:23,054 My wife feels very strongly about this work. 1066 00:40:23,121 --> 00:40:25,491 Is it possible she may have shared her information 1067 00:40:25,557 --> 00:40:26,558 with Barbara Layton? 1068 00:40:26,625 --> 00:40:29,060 Barb? Yeah. It's possible. 1069 00:40:31,530 --> 00:40:34,766 You're gonna need to tell the President, sir. Am I? 1070 00:40:34,833 --> 00:40:37,135 It's going to come out, sir. The list is all over town. 1071 00:40:37,202 --> 00:40:38,870 Well, maybe that's not so bad. 1072 00:40:38,937 --> 00:40:42,140 It wasn't my plan, but might be a happy accident. 1073 00:40:42,207 --> 00:40:44,109 Just the thing we need to put a little distance 1074 00:40:44,175 --> 00:40:45,176 between us and them. 1075 00:40:45,243 --> 00:40:46,778 I wouldn't worry about it. 1076 00:40:48,547 --> 00:40:50,749 I really wouldn't. 1077 00:40:55,020 --> 00:40:56,287 That'll be all. 1078 00:40:56,354 --> 00:40:58,524 Yes, sir. 1079 00:40:58,590 --> 00:41:00,626 Thank you, Mr. Vice President. 1080 00:41:05,363 --> 00:41:09,434 ELLIE: While money spent studying the brains of PCP users 1081 00:41:09,501 --> 00:41:11,469 might appear to be taxpayer waste, 1082 00:41:11,537 --> 00:41:13,539 this research led directly 1083 00:41:13,605 --> 00:41:16,007 to the discovery of the NMDA receptor. 1084 00:41:16,074 --> 00:41:18,544 Science cannot exist in a vacuum. 1085 00:41:18,610 --> 00:41:21,346 By nature, it's an open enterprise 1086 00:41:21,412 --> 00:41:24,149 strengthened by public scrutiny. 1087 00:41:24,215 --> 00:41:26,685 Openness is the basis of a free society. 1088 00:41:26,752 --> 00:41:30,689 But when science is attacked on ideological grounds, 1089 00:41:30,756 --> 00:41:34,893 its integrity and usefulness are threatened. 1090 00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:36,895 Independent peer-review research 1091 00:41:36,962 --> 00:41:39,264 is the cornerstone of science in America. 1092 00:41:39,330 --> 00:41:41,700 It shouldn't be about the left or the right, 1093 00:41:41,767 --> 00:41:44,903 but what works to keep people safe and healthy. 1094 00:41:44,970 --> 00:41:48,139 I believe all Americans, and all people everywhere, 1095 00:41:48,206 --> 00:41:50,609 no matter who they are or how they live, 1096 00:41:50,676 --> 00:41:53,979 deserve research to improve their lives.