ABBEY I signed it cause...I just signed it...It was a form...And I think making a big thing out of it is what makes it into a big thing! OLIVER Really? ABBEY And Im not a hundred percent sure that thats not what youre going for. OLIVER Why would I want to make it a big thing? ABBEY Because defending the President in primetime looks good on a resume. OLIVER Well, Ive got a pretty good-looking resume already, Mrs. Bartlet. And its not a big thing because I say so, maam; its a big thing. Youre gonna get all the questions I just asked you, and quite a few more. And then theyre gonna ask the President if he was in the room when you signed it. And thats when hes gonna give everyones favorite answer from a President who has just announced that he has MS: I dont remember. Oliver sighs, walks to his desk chair and sits down. Abbey remains standing with her back turned to him. She looks a bit shaken. Neither of them say anything for several moments. OLIVER When are you gonna go public? ABBEY [faintly] Probably in a week. Theyre still strategizing. OLIVER Probably a live interview on the networks? ABBEY Yeah. [turns to look at him] OLIVER Jim Lehrer, Tim Russert, Barbara Walters... you... somebody... the President sitting in a den. ABBEY Yeah. OLIVER Followed by a live conference. ABBEY Theyre working on the strategy. OLIVER [imitating what the President might say] I regret that I concealed my condition from the public. I regret the appearance that I tried to deceive the voters in order to win an election. ABBEY Yes. OLIVER And if we dont make it a big thing, they wont make it a big thing? [pause] Mrs. Bartlet, Im not sure you have an appropriate appreciation of the size of what happens next.
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