1 00:00:03,128 --> 00:00:06,547 [theme music] 2 00:01:59,477 --> 00:02:00,560 Hi. 3 00:02:00,637 --> 00:02:01,611 Any mail for Mark Gordon? 4 00:02:01,688 --> 00:02:02,988 General delivery. 5 00:02:03,064 --> 00:02:04,156 Just a second, I'll check. 6 00:02:04,232 --> 00:02:05,082 Thank you. 7 00:02:09,571 --> 00:02:10,453 Here you go. 8 00:02:10,530 --> 00:02:11,338 Thank you. 9 00:02:13,825 --> 00:02:18,253 Garbage, garbage, garbage, more garbage. 10 00:02:18,330 --> 00:02:20,213 Hey, a letter from Leslie. 11 00:02:20,290 --> 00:02:21,339 Your sister, huh? 12 00:02:21,416 --> 00:02:22,440 Yeah. 13 00:02:22,517 --> 00:02:23,767 What's she got to say? 14 00:02:26,922 --> 00:02:28,263 Well, I'll be. 15 00:02:28,340 --> 00:02:29,547 You'll be what? 16 00:02:29,625 --> 00:02:31,057 I guess I'll be giving the bride away. 17 00:02:31,134 --> 00:02:32,684 She's getting married. - You're kidding? 18 00:02:32,761 --> 00:02:33,994 That's great. 19 00:02:34,070 --> 00:02:34,853 - Hey, Jonathan, we don't-- - No. 20 00:02:34,930 --> 00:02:35,887 We don't have an assignment. 21 00:02:35,865 --> 00:02:37,272 Our time' s our own. 22 00:02:37,349 --> 00:02:38,356 Let's go to a wedding. 23 00:02:38,433 --> 00:02:39,633 Great. 24 00:02:39,710 --> 00:02:41,860 Come on, there's two pieces of chicken let. 25 00:02:41,937 --> 00:02:45,071 You telling me you can't-- 26 00:02:45,148 --> 00:02:46,114 Sis, this dinner was great. 27 00:02:46,191 --> 00:02:47,315 Just great. 28 00:02:47,392 --> 00:02:48,233 Oh, I'm glad you liked it. 29 00:02:48,310 --> 00:02:49,659 Would anyone like more coffee? 30 00:02:49,736 --> 00:02:50,711 No, I've had plenty. 31 00:02:54,950 --> 00:02:57,250 Looks like Leslie and your daughter really hit it off. 32 00:02:57,261 --> 00:02:59,211 Yeah, they're great together. 33 00:02:59,287 --> 00:03:00,879 Lindsay was so thrilled to be staying 34 00:03:00,956 --> 00:03:03,632 over at Leslie's while I had this place repainted. 35 00:03:03,708 --> 00:03:05,091 Yeah, let me tell you something, Bill, 36 00:03:05,168 --> 00:03:06,376 you're getting one great gal. 37 00:03:06,453 --> 00:03:07,895 Yeah, you don't have to tell me. 38 00:03:07,971 --> 00:03:08,845 I know it. 39 00:03:08,922 --> 00:03:10,472 Believe me. 40 00:03:10,548 --> 00:03:12,641 Honey, can I borrow your car tomorrow? 41 00:03:12,651 --> 00:03:14,351 Mine's in the shop. 42 00:03:14,427 --> 00:03:17,896 Oh, Les, I got meetings all over town tomorrow. 43 00:03:17,907 --> 00:03:19,806 I got a million things to do. 44 00:03:19,883 --> 00:03:22,901 I have to go to the market, and then you ted me to take Lindsey 45 00:03:22,978 --> 00:03:24,477 down to the doctor's tomorrow. 46 00:03:24,554 --> 00:03:26,905 And I have a fitting for my wedding dress at 3:00. 47 00:03:26,982 --> 00:03:30,283 Hey, I could take you, give us a chance to catch up. 48 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:32,494 I don't want to put you out. 49 00:03:32,570 --> 00:03:33,745 Leslie, you're my family. 50 00:03:33,822 --> 00:03:35,205 You're the only one I got. 51 00:03:35,282 --> 00:03:36,414 Hey, what about me? 52 00:03:36,491 --> 00:03:37,758 What am I, chopped liver? 53 00:03:49,170 --> 00:03:52,356 I'm sorry this took so long, Leslie. 54 00:03:56,094 --> 00:03:58,478 Leslie, I think you'd better call Bill 55 00:03:58,555 --> 00:04:00,855 and have him come down here. 56 00:04:00,932 --> 00:04:03,066 He has some important business meetings today. 57 00:04:03,143 --> 00:04:04,401 What's wrong? 58 00:04:06,479 --> 00:04:09,248 You're not Lindsey's guardian yet, Leslie. 59 00:04:09,324 --> 00:04:11,491 What I have to say, I should say to him. 60 00:04:11,568 --> 00:04:13,160 Doctor. 61 00:04:13,236 --> 00:04:15,328 If Lindsay's anemic and needs some kind of special diet 62 00:04:15,405 --> 00:04:17,422 or vitamins, I think you can trust me 63 00:04:17,499 --> 00:04:19,258 to give him that information. 64 00:04:19,334 --> 00:04:22,252 I'm going to be her mother. 65 00:04:22,329 --> 00:04:24,879 Leslie, Lindsey is a very sick little girl, 66 00:04:24,956 --> 00:04:28,258 and it's not just a question of vitamins. 67 00:04:28,335 --> 00:04:31,853 Please, call Bill and have him come down here. 68 00:05:07,999 --> 00:05:10,175 It's so unfair. 69 00:05:10,251 --> 00:05:13,011 It's so unfair. 70 00:05:13,088 --> 00:05:16,473 What exactly does she have anyway? 71 00:05:16,549 --> 00:05:20,143 It's one of these one in a million diseases, 72 00:05:20,220 --> 00:05:22,937 a very rare form of some kind of amino 73 00:05:23,014 --> 00:05:25,231 acid metabolic deficiency. 74 00:05:25,308 --> 00:05:27,150 I think that's what he said. 75 00:05:27,227 --> 00:05:29,986 Her body doesn't make enough of one kind of amino acid. 76 00:05:30,063 --> 00:05:33,948 There's a block, a damning back, and her body makes too much 77 00:05:34,025 --> 00:05:35,825 of another kind of amino acid. 78 00:05:35,902 --> 00:05:37,035 What does that do? 79 00:05:37,112 --> 00:05:38,536 It's toxic. 80 00:05:38,613 --> 00:05:41,247 It's why she hasn't grown. 81 00:05:41,324 --> 00:05:47,921 It'll cause mental deficiency and eventually it'll be fatal. 82 00:05:47,997 --> 00:05:50,882 Maybe in a year, maybe two. 83 00:05:50,959 --> 00:05:51,808 They don't know. 84 00:05:55,213 --> 00:05:56,813 Isn't there anything they can do? 85 00:05:56,890 --> 00:06:02,402 Sure there is, just not enough money in it, that's all. 86 00:06:09,477 --> 00:06:11,820 How is she? 87 00:06:11,896 --> 00:06:17,325 Oh, God, Les, I don't know what to do. 88 00:06:17,402 --> 00:06:18,776 I can't tell her. 89 00:06:18,853 --> 00:06:20,420 How am I going to tell my daughter? 90 00:06:39,424 --> 00:06:41,066 Bill, you said there was something they could 91 00:06:41,143 --> 00:06:42,225 do but there's no money in it. 92 00:06:42,302 --> 00:06:44,227 What did you mean? 93 00:06:44,304 --> 00:06:49,774 Oh, there's an experimental drug that's ready for market, 94 00:06:49,851 --> 00:06:53,069 but there's so few kids with this disease 95 00:06:53,146 --> 00:06:56,030 that it's not worth it for the pharmaceutical company 96 00:06:56,107 --> 00:06:57,590 to manufacture it. 97 00:06:57,667 --> 00:07:00,452 It's what they call an orphan drug. 98 00:07:00,528 --> 00:07:02,203 There's a whole bunch of them for all kinds 99 00:07:02,280 --> 00:07:05,790 of diseases that are so rare there's no market for them. 100 00:07:05,867 --> 00:07:07,292 Aren't there grants or funds? 101 00:07:07,368 --> 00:07:08,901 I mean, there has to be something. 102 00:07:08,979 --> 00:07:10,795 This is the richest country in the world. 103 00:07:10,872 --> 00:07:14,757 Yeah, the doctor told me the name of the drug company. 104 00:07:14,834 --> 00:07:16,301 I was on the phone two hours today 105 00:07:16,377 --> 00:07:18,344 trying to talk to the head guy. 106 00:07:18,421 --> 00:07:21,398 I couldn't even get through to him. 107 00:07:21,475 --> 00:07:24,151 You know, maybe we could try? 108 00:07:24,227 --> 00:07:25,760 How? 109 00:07:25,837 --> 00:07:27,479 Well, kind of part of our job, you 110 00:07:27,555 --> 00:07:29,898 know, our boss has connections. 111 00:07:29,974 --> 00:07:33,526 Oh, God, anything you could do. 112 00:07:33,603 --> 00:07:34,661 All right, we'll try. 113 00:07:45,281 --> 00:07:46,222 Mr. Burns? 114 00:07:46,299 --> 00:07:47,632 What? Oh. 115 00:07:47,709 --> 00:07:48,850 I'm sorry if we startled you. 116 00:07:48,926 --> 00:07:50,084 Well, you certainly did. 117 00:07:50,161 --> 00:07:51,085 Who are you? 118 00:07:51,162 --> 00:07:52,036 What are you doing in here? 119 00:07:52,114 --> 00:07:52,929 I'm Jonathan Smith. 120 00:07:53,006 --> 00:07:54,339 This is Mark Gordon. 121 00:07:54,415 --> 00:07:55,699 We came to talk-- 122 00:07:55,775 --> 00:07:57,550 Look, I'm trying to be nice about this. 123 00:07:57,627 --> 00:08:00,345 I don't appreciate people just walking into my office. 124 00:08:00,421 --> 00:08:01,605 We tried to make an appointment 125 00:08:01,681 --> 00:08:03,473 but your secretary said it was impossible. 126 00:08:03,550 --> 00:08:05,058 Well, she was right. 127 00:08:05,134 --> 00:08:07,727 Now, I'd appreciate it if you would just leave. 128 00:08:07,804 --> 00:08:09,304 I'm afraid we can't do that. 129 00:08:08,947 --> 00:08:11,147 This is a matter of life and death. 130 00:08:11,224 --> 00:08:13,492 It involves a little girl named Lindsay Norman. 131 00:08:16,187 --> 00:08:17,612 All right. 132 00:08:17,689 --> 00:08:20,114 All right, sit down. 133 00:08:20,191 --> 00:08:22,492 But be brief. 134 00:08:22,569 --> 00:08:24,744 There is a drug that your company can manufacture. 135 00:08:24,821 --> 00:08:26,204 If she gets it, she'll live. 136 00:08:26,215 --> 00:08:27,205 If she doesn't, she'll die. 137 00:08:27,282 --> 00:08:28,498 It's as simple as that. 138 00:08:28,575 --> 00:08:29,891 Here's the name of the drug. 139 00:08:29,968 --> 00:08:32,710 I had a doctor write it down. 140 00:08:32,787 --> 00:08:35,421 I see. 141 00:08:35,498 --> 00:08:37,090 What company are you gentlemen with? 142 00:08:37,166 --> 00:08:38,457 We're not with any company. 143 00:08:38,535 --> 00:08:40,385 We're just here about a little girl's life. 144 00:08:40,461 --> 00:08:42,554 There's plenty more like her, too. 145 00:08:42,630 --> 00:08:44,597 Yes, of course. 146 00:08:44,674 --> 00:08:47,392 You're with a patient advocacy group then? 147 00:08:47,468 --> 00:08:49,694 I suppose you could say that. 148 00:08:49,771 --> 00:08:52,313 Well, Mr. Smith, was it? 149 00:08:52,390 --> 00:08:54,399 I'm afraid there's nothing I can do. 150 00:08:54,475 --> 00:08:55,700 You can manufacture the drug. 151 00:08:55,777 --> 00:08:57,052 You have the formula, you have the chemicals. 152 00:08:57,128 --> 00:08:59,654 But we don't have the money, Mr. Gordon. 153 00:08:59,731 --> 00:09:02,991 We were supposed to, but now we don't. 154 00:09:03,001 --> 00:09:04,742 What do you mean? 155 00:09:04,819 --> 00:09:08,246 Some years ago, Congress passed the Orphan Drug 156 00:09:08,257 --> 00:09:11,249 Act for drugs just like this. 157 00:09:11,326 --> 00:09:14,502 The act allowed Congress to appropriate up to $4 million 158 00:09:14,579 --> 00:09:17,013 a year to subsidize the manufacture 159 00:09:17,090 --> 00:09:18,590 of drugs of this kind. 160 00:09:18,666 --> 00:09:20,099 $4 million, that's nothing. 161 00:09:20,177 --> 00:09:22,594 Well, I agree, Mr. Gordon, but Congress never 162 00:09:22,670 --> 00:09:25,930 even appropriated the full $4 million. 163 00:09:26,007 --> 00:09:30,393 A couple of million and change, that's all they ever approved. 164 00:09:30,470 --> 00:09:33,980 Well, maybe next year they'll appropriate enough money. 165 00:09:34,057 --> 00:09:35,898 She may not be alive next year. 166 00:09:35,975 --> 00:09:40,486 Mr. Gordon, there are 20 million Americans who suffer 167 00:09:40,563 --> 00:09:43,615 from 5,000 rare diseases. 168 00:09:43,691 --> 00:09:45,875 Over half of them are childhood diseases. 169 00:09:48,330 --> 00:09:49,996 This is a business. 170 00:09:50,073 --> 00:09:52,540 We can't lose money and stay in business. 171 00:09:52,617 --> 00:09:55,668 Our stockholders won't let us do that. 172 00:09:55,679 --> 00:10:00,632 That was the whole reason for the Orphan Drug Act. 173 00:10:00,708 --> 00:10:03,718 Now I wish I could help, but you've 174 00:10:03,795 --> 00:10:05,770 come to the wrong address. 175 00:10:05,847 --> 00:10:07,972 It would literally take an act of Congress 176 00:10:08,049 --> 00:10:12,727 to get us the money to manufacture the drug 177 00:10:12,804 --> 00:10:14,229 that that little girl needs. 178 00:10:16,307 --> 00:10:20,985 And where Congress is concerned, you might as well 179 00:10:21,062 --> 00:10:24,322 be talking about an act of God. 180 00:10:24,333 --> 00:10:25,248 You know what I mean? 181 00:10:28,111 --> 00:10:29,994 Yeah. 182 00:10:30,071 --> 00:10:31,588 I know exactly what you mean. 183 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:38,969 Listen, I appreciate everything 184 00:10:39,047 --> 00:10:41,506 you guys are trying to do, and I'm willing to try anything 185 00:10:41,582 --> 00:10:43,341 right now, but I got to tell you, 186 00:10:43,418 --> 00:10:45,802 I don't see Congress coming to a screeching halt 187 00:10:45,812 --> 00:10:47,804 just because of Bill Norman. 188 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:49,530 Well, maybe not just for Bill Norman, 189 00:10:49,607 --> 00:10:51,599 but there's got to be a whole lot of families out there 190 00:10:51,676 --> 00:10:53,559 that are going through the same thing you are. 191 00:10:53,636 --> 00:10:55,319 And if we start getting on the phone, 192 00:10:55,397 --> 00:10:57,897 rounding those people up, people just like us, 193 00:10:57,974 --> 00:11:00,942 then it won't just be our family trying to do something. 194 00:11:00,952 --> 00:11:02,343 In the meantime, Mark and I can 195 00:11:02,420 --> 00:11:03,903 be in Washington getting people ready to listen 196 00:11:03,980 --> 00:11:06,614 to what you have to say. 197 00:11:06,691 --> 00:11:07,982 This is crazy. 198 00:11:08,059 --> 00:11:09,258 No, no, what's crazy is that we spend more 199 00:11:09,335 --> 00:11:10,702 money on things to kill people than we 200 00:11:10,778 --> 00:11:12,212 do on things to save them. 201 00:11:14,782 --> 00:11:17,250 And you really think there's a chance? 202 00:11:17,326 --> 00:11:20,378 I think we're not going to know unless we try. 203 00:11:20,389 --> 00:11:22,588 It's not going to be easy. 204 00:11:22,665 --> 00:11:25,091 Lindsey's going to have to know now. 205 00:11:25,168 --> 00:11:27,802 She's going to have to be part of this fight. 206 00:11:27,879 --> 00:11:30,313 You want me to go in there and tell my daughter there's 207 00:11:30,390 --> 00:11:32,098 a chance that she might die? 208 00:11:32,109 --> 00:11:34,150 No, I want you to go in that room 209 00:11:33,860 --> 00:11:35,268 and tell your daughter if she's willing to fight for it, 210 00:11:35,344 --> 00:11:37,028 there's a good chance she's going to live. 211 00:12:21,516 --> 00:12:24,150 Miss Wilson, this is very, very important. 212 00:12:24,227 --> 00:12:28,154 Mr. Smith, everyone's problem is important, 213 00:12:28,231 --> 00:12:30,698 but the Congressman simply does not have the time. 214 00:12:30,775 --> 00:12:32,550 Lady, we are talking about a little kid here. 215 00:12:32,461 --> 00:12:34,461 We are not a couple of tourists off the street who want 216 00:12:34,537 --> 00:12:36,287 to come in and shake his hand. 217 00:12:36,364 --> 00:12:39,582 Congress will more than likely adjourn tomorrow. 218 00:12:39,659 --> 00:12:41,793 Congressman Kelly has so many things 219 00:12:41,869 --> 00:12:44,003 he has to clear up on his desk. 220 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:45,922 The only thing on Congressman Kelly's desk 221 00:12:45,998 --> 00:12:48,466 is some brochures on Hawaii and a couple of their very 222 00:12:48,477 --> 00:12:51,469 loud Bermuda shorts. 223 00:12:51,546 --> 00:12:52,479 I beg your pardon? 224 00:12:52,555 --> 00:12:54,222 That's what's on his desk. 225 00:12:54,298 --> 00:12:55,515 Now we're here about a little girl 226 00:12:55,591 --> 00:12:56,641 who's going to die unless somebody 227 00:12:56,717 --> 00:12:58,509 takes the time to help us. 228 00:12:58,487 --> 00:13:00,487 It's a little girl no different than your granddaughter 229 00:13:00,563 --> 00:13:02,814 Allison. 230 00:13:02,890 --> 00:13:05,983 How do you know my granddaughter's name? 231 00:13:06,060 --> 00:13:07,410 Let's just say I do my homework. 232 00:13:10,773 --> 00:13:12,015 Wait here, gentlemen. 233 00:13:11,958 --> 00:13:13,124 I'll see what I can do. 234 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:33,353 The Congressman will see you now, gentlemen. 235 00:13:37,925 --> 00:13:38,983 Thank you very much. 236 00:13:44,974 --> 00:13:47,775 Good luck. 237 00:13:47,852 --> 00:13:50,111 Well, that's about it, Congressman Kelly. 238 00:13:50,187 --> 00:13:52,196 If those budget cuts aren't restored, 239 00:13:52,273 --> 00:13:54,282 the drug companies simply won't be 240 00:13:54,358 --> 00:13:56,284 able to afford to make the medicine that Lindsay 241 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:58,545 needs to stay alive. 242 00:13:58,621 --> 00:14:01,289 I see. 243 00:14:01,299 --> 00:14:03,374 Well, boys, I'm just as sorry as I can be, 244 00:14:03,451 --> 00:14:05,751 but I'm afraid there's nothing I can do to help. 245 00:14:05,828 --> 00:14:08,129 At least, not this session of Congress. 246 00:14:08,205 --> 00:14:11,591 But I assure you, the child will be in my prayers, Mr. Gordon. 247 00:14:11,667 --> 00:14:12,717 You hypocritical phony. 248 00:14:12,793 --> 00:14:13,926 Mark. 249 00:14:14,003 --> 00:14:14,760 Now, wait a minute, Jonathan. 250 00:14:14,837 --> 00:14:16,721 This is between him and me. 251 00:14:16,797 --> 00:14:19,849 I think this conversation is just about over, gentlemen. 252 00:14:19,926 --> 00:14:21,726 Now if you'll excuse me, I have business to-- 253 00:14:21,802 --> 00:14:23,585 No, that's where you're wrong, mister, 254 00:14:23,663 --> 00:14:26,030 because my end of this conversation is just starting. 255 00:14:26,107 --> 00:14:28,566 Now I am an American citizen, I am a veteran, 256 00:14:28,577 --> 00:14:33,571 and I am a taxpayer, which means that you work for me. 257 00:14:33,648 --> 00:14:35,481 I am your business. 258 00:14:35,558 --> 00:14:37,909 You've got nothing to attend to that is any more important 259 00:14:37,985 --> 00:14:39,410 than this little girl's life. 260 00:14:39,487 --> 00:14:41,787 Mr. Gordon, this may come as a big surprise to you, 261 00:14:41,864 --> 00:14:43,339 but I've got a desk full of problems 262 00:14:43,416 --> 00:14:45,416 that people think are just as important as the one you've 263 00:14:45,493 --> 00:14:46,967 brought me. 264 00:14:47,045 --> 00:14:50,379 Congressman Kelly, you know, choosing between a plaid 265 00:14:50,456 --> 00:14:53,090 and an aloha print hardly seems like an earthshaking problem 266 00:14:53,167 --> 00:14:54,058 to me. 267 00:15:01,258 --> 00:15:05,394 No, I guess it isn't, is it? 268 00:15:05,471 --> 00:15:08,606 Look, let me explain what you fellows are up against, 269 00:15:08,617 --> 00:15:10,316 all right? 270 00:15:10,393 --> 00:15:13,945 We're a day, maybe two at the most away from adjournment. 271 00:15:14,021 --> 00:15:16,030 Every congressmen and senator is looking 272 00:15:16,107 --> 00:15:18,783 to get out of Washington. 273 00:15:18,859 --> 00:15:20,409 The House has already approved the budget, 274 00:15:20,486 --> 00:15:22,078 and there are enough votes in the Senate 275 00:15:22,088 --> 00:15:23,746 to get this thing passed now. 276 00:15:23,823 --> 00:15:25,289 The battle is over. 277 00:15:25,366 --> 00:15:27,583 Listen, we don't want to change the whole budget, just 278 00:15:27,660 --> 00:15:29,426 one little thing. 279 00:15:29,504 --> 00:15:31,003 No one is going to hold up approval of the whole budget 280 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:32,630 just for one little amendment, which 281 00:15:32,707 --> 00:15:34,799 may not have enough support to get passed anyway. 282 00:15:34,875 --> 00:15:36,509 Listen, we've got the Normans out there 283 00:15:36,186 --> 00:15:37,927 organizing all kinds of families who are 284 00:15:38,004 --> 00:15:39,737 going through the same thing. 285 00:15:39,814 --> 00:15:41,055 I mean, in a few days, they'll be enough of them 286 00:15:41,132 --> 00:15:43,724 to come here and testify in front of committees. 287 00:15:43,801 --> 00:15:45,601 You don't have a couple of days. 288 00:15:45,678 --> 00:15:48,112 And there are no committees to testify in front of. 289 00:15:48,189 --> 00:15:50,982 The thing is on the floor of the Senate now. 290 00:15:51,058 --> 00:15:52,525 They'll be calling for a vote tonight, 291 00:15:52,601 --> 00:15:54,068 tomorrow at the latest. 292 00:15:54,145 --> 00:15:55,820 Now, Corky McCorkindale thinks he's 293 00:15:55,896 --> 00:15:57,613 got the vote, which he does. 294 00:15:57,690 --> 00:16:00,074 He's going to ramrod this thing right through. 295 00:16:00,151 --> 00:16:02,326 All right, this McCorkindale, if we could talk to him, 296 00:16:02,403 --> 00:16:04,120 if he'd see the Normans, maybe we could 297 00:16:04,196 --> 00:16:07,632 get him to change his mind. 298 00:16:07,709 --> 00:16:09,834 Corky doesn't have a mind. 299 00:16:09,910 --> 00:16:12,003 He's a political machine. 300 00:16:12,079 --> 00:16:14,422 He votes for the money or he votes for the party 301 00:16:14,498 --> 00:16:16,132 or he votes for his friends or whatever 302 00:16:16,142 --> 00:16:18,634 lobby can do him the most good. 303 00:16:18,711 --> 00:16:22,555 What if we could get him to change his mind? 304 00:16:22,631 --> 00:16:24,432 Then it would be a miracle. 305 00:16:24,508 --> 00:16:26,042 And that's exactly what it would take 306 00:16:26,119 --> 00:16:28,019 to stop this budget from going through, 307 00:16:28,095 --> 00:16:31,689 even if you do get Corky on your side. 308 00:16:31,766 --> 00:16:34,275 Last time we had that big a political miracle up here 309 00:16:34,351 --> 00:16:36,068 was when Truman defeated Dewey. 310 00:16:36,145 --> 00:16:37,611 You think you can give them hell any better 311 00:16:37,688 --> 00:16:39,664 than Harry Truman did? 312 00:16:39,741 --> 00:16:43,159 Well, our boss has been known to in His time. 313 00:16:43,235 --> 00:16:46,996 And what about McCorkindale? 314 00:16:47,073 --> 00:16:48,381 I'll give it a try. 315 00:16:52,503 --> 00:16:56,180 Miss Wilson, try McCorkindale for me, would you, please? 316 00:17:05,132 --> 00:17:06,599 Senator McCorkindale? 317 00:17:06,675 --> 00:17:07,933 I'm sorry, boys, I'm late. 318 00:17:08,010 --> 00:17:09,226 Senator, I'm John Smith. 319 00:17:09,303 --> 00:17:10,469 Congressman Kelly called, you said you'd 320 00:17:10,547 --> 00:17:11,687 give us five minutes late. - I'm late. 321 00:17:11,764 --> 00:17:12,655 What can I tell you. Please? 322 00:17:19,021 --> 00:17:20,362 It'll only take a few minutes, Senator. 323 00:17:20,439 --> 00:17:22,139 It's about a very sick little girl. 324 00:17:22,216 --> 00:17:24,408 Look, I'm on my way to push a budget through the Senate. 325 00:17:24,485 --> 00:17:25,743 The only thing that could stop me 326 00:17:25,587 --> 00:17:27,495 now is if my daughter goes into labor. 327 00:17:27,571 --> 00:17:28,421 Excuse me. 328 00:17:32,761 --> 00:17:34,085 Senator? Senator? 329 00:17:34,161 --> 00:17:34,960 Telephone. 330 00:17:35,037 --> 00:17:36,670 Take a message. 331 00:17:36,747 --> 00:17:37,938 But it's the hospital. 332 00:17:38,015 --> 00:17:40,049 Your daughter's just gone into labor. 333 00:17:40,126 --> 00:17:41,809 Oh, boy. 334 00:17:41,519 --> 00:17:44,095 Call the Majority Leader, tell him stall. 335 00:17:44,171 --> 00:17:45,938 The vote can wait. 336 00:17:46,015 --> 00:17:49,433 I'll be at the hospital till my grandson is born. 337 00:17:49,510 --> 00:17:51,685 Yes, sir. 338 00:17:51,762 --> 00:17:52,653 Better let me drive. 339 00:18:25,004 --> 00:18:27,638 Nurse, I'm Senator McCorkindale, 340 00:18:27,715 --> 00:18:28,889 how's my daughter? 341 00:18:28,966 --> 00:18:29,890 Is the baby here yet? 342 00:18:29,967 --> 00:18:31,075 No. 343 00:18:30,819 --> 00:18:31,925 Not yet, Senator. 344 00:18:32,003 --> 00:18:33,144 She's still in the labor room. 345 00:18:33,220 --> 00:18:34,812 You can go see her if you like. 346 00:18:34,823 --> 00:18:36,446 Oh. 347 00:18:36,524 --> 00:18:38,816 No, I think, if you don't mind, I'll wait out of here. 348 00:18:38,827 --> 00:18:40,151 You understand? 349 00:18:40,227 --> 00:18:40,985 How long do you think it will take? 350 00:18:41,061 --> 00:18:42,286 I'm in sort of a bind for time. 351 00:18:42,363 --> 00:18:43,904 Oh, I really couldn't say. 352 00:18:43,981 --> 00:18:45,781 It could take any amount of time. 353 00:18:45,858 --> 00:18:47,074 Well, I'll wait right over here. 354 00:18:47,151 --> 00:18:48,659 Let me know when the baby comes. - Sure. 355 00:18:48,736 --> 00:18:49,502 Thank you. Thank you. 356 00:18:57,077 --> 00:18:58,269 Hello, Senator. 357 00:19:01,415 --> 00:19:03,841 How did you get here before me? 358 00:19:03,918 --> 00:19:04,925 I had a police escort. 359 00:19:05,002 --> 00:19:06,743 That doesn't matter. 360 00:19:06,821 --> 00:19:08,379 What does matter is that little girl I wanted to talk to you. 361 00:19:08,455 --> 00:19:11,765 Look, I hardly think this is the time or the place. 362 00:19:11,842 --> 00:19:14,318 Well, I think it is. 363 00:19:14,395 --> 00:19:15,802 Who do you think you're talking to? 364 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:17,730 I thought I was talking to a servant of the people. 365 00:19:17,806 --> 00:19:22,151 United States Senator, have a little respect, please? 366 00:19:22,228 --> 00:19:25,362 Respect is a two way street, Senator. 367 00:19:25,439 --> 00:19:26,980 Now that little girl and thousands 368 00:19:27,058 --> 00:19:29,366 like her are going to die if that bill goes through as is. 369 00:19:29,443 --> 00:19:31,869 Come on, that's nonsense, and you know it. 370 00:19:31,946 --> 00:19:34,538 You don't listen to anything anybody says, do you? 371 00:19:34,615 --> 00:19:35,789 I'm talking about lives here. 372 00:19:35,866 --> 00:19:37,483 I'm talking about people who can be saved 373 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:39,210 if you'll just put back the appropriations 374 00:19:39,286 --> 00:19:40,644 of the Orphan Drug Act. 375 00:19:40,721 --> 00:19:42,504 Those appropriations were cut for a reason. 376 00:19:42,581 --> 00:19:44,423 You can't go bleeding the people of their hard 377 00:19:44,500 --> 00:19:47,051 earned money for every little thing that comes along. 378 00:19:47,127 --> 00:19:48,919 I don't believe you. 379 00:19:48,897 --> 00:19:50,596 Don't you think that little girl's life is just 380 00:19:50,673 --> 00:19:53,390 as precious to her family as the life of your grandson 381 00:19:53,467 --> 00:19:54,358 that you're hoping for? 382 00:19:54,435 --> 00:19:56,477 I've made my position clear. 383 00:19:56,553 --> 00:19:59,396 If you insist on continuing this conversation, 384 00:19:59,473 --> 00:20:01,657 I shall have to have you removed from the hospital 385 00:20:01,734 --> 00:20:02,575 by an officer. 386 00:20:11,652 --> 00:20:12,243 Any luck? 387 00:20:12,319 --> 00:20:13,202 Are you kidding? 388 00:20:13,279 --> 00:20:14,921 He's a stone wall. 389 00:20:14,997 --> 00:20:16,847 Look, do me a favor. 390 00:20:16,924 --> 00:20:18,165 Call the Normans, tell them to get here as soon as they can. 391 00:20:18,242 --> 00:20:19,675 Bring as many families with them as they can muster. 392 00:20:19,752 --> 00:20:20,793 How soon is soon? 393 00:20:20,869 --> 00:20:21,877 Like yesterday. 394 00:20:21,954 --> 00:20:22,762 I got you. 395 00:20:30,129 --> 00:20:32,605 [phone ringing] 396 00:20:35,009 --> 00:20:35,849 Hello? 397 00:20:35,926 --> 00:20:36,850 Bill, it's Mark. 398 00:20:36,927 --> 00:20:38,185 Hey, Mark, how's it going? 399 00:20:38,262 --> 00:20:39,103 So so. 400 00:20:39,179 --> 00:20:40,479 How's it going with you? 401 00:20:40,556 --> 00:20:41,930 Well, we've been on the phone almost all day, 402 00:20:42,008 --> 00:20:43,941 talked to nearly 50 families in this state alone, 403 00:20:44,018 --> 00:20:46,610 and 10 of them said they'd be willing to be in Washington 404 00:20:46,687 --> 00:20:48,237 within the next couple of days. 405 00:20:48,314 --> 00:20:49,863 I think we need those people there now. 406 00:20:49,940 --> 00:20:51,740 We don't have a couple of days. 407 00:20:51,817 --> 00:20:53,367 Bill, is there any way that you could be on a plane 408 00:20:53,444 --> 00:20:56,412 to Washington tonight? 409 00:20:56,488 --> 00:21:00,082 He says he wants us on a plane to Washington tonight. 410 00:21:00,159 --> 00:21:02,835 Tell him we're on our way. 411 00:21:02,911 --> 00:21:04,461 OK, Mark, we'll be there. 412 00:21:04,538 --> 00:21:06,755 Now, good, we can use as much help as we can get on this one. 413 00:21:06,832 --> 00:21:07,698 You got it. 414 00:21:07,775 --> 00:21:10,259 Right. 415 00:21:10,336 --> 00:21:11,352 Be on the plane tonight. 416 00:21:13,881 --> 00:21:15,431 Jonathon, why don't you let me talk to him? 417 00:21:15,507 --> 00:21:18,517 I don't have to be quite as nice as an angel. 418 00:21:18,594 --> 00:21:20,945 No, Mark, I want to try something first. 419 00:21:53,754 --> 00:21:55,179 Senator? 420 00:21:55,255 --> 00:21:58,182 Senator McCorkindale? 421 00:21:58,258 --> 00:21:59,350 What? 422 00:21:59,426 --> 00:22:00,609 You have a grandson. 423 00:22:03,105 --> 00:22:04,855 Oh, I do. 424 00:22:04,932 --> 00:22:06,690 Oh, yes, of course, I do. 425 00:22:06,767 --> 00:22:07,783 Wonderful. 426 00:22:07,860 --> 00:22:08,692 Where is he? 427 00:22:08,769 --> 00:22:10,236 Can I see him? 428 00:22:10,312 --> 00:22:11,662 Your daughter is asking to see you, Senator. 429 00:22:17,444 --> 00:22:20,662 Oh, Caroline, everything all right? 430 00:22:20,739 --> 00:22:21,722 Where is he? 431 00:22:21,799 --> 00:22:22,939 Where's the little fella? 432 00:22:23,017 --> 00:22:24,308 The doctors have to do some more tests. 433 00:22:24,384 --> 00:22:25,742 That's what I wanted to talk to you about. 434 00:22:25,819 --> 00:22:27,252 No, we'll have to talk about that later. 435 00:22:27,329 --> 00:22:28,253 I got to get back. 436 00:22:28,330 --> 00:22:29,880 I've got a bill to pass. 437 00:22:29,957 --> 00:22:33,008 The little fella's already holding up the United States. 438 00:22:33,085 --> 00:22:34,051 Just listen to me. 439 00:22:34,128 --> 00:22:36,011 My baby is sick. 440 00:22:36,088 --> 00:22:37,262 Sick? 441 00:22:37,339 --> 00:22:38,914 What are you talking about? 442 00:22:38,524 --> 00:22:41,225 He has an inherited bleeding problem. 443 00:22:41,301 --> 00:22:42,101 I don't know the name. 444 00:22:42,177 --> 00:22:44,103 It's very rare. 445 00:22:44,179 --> 00:22:47,272 We'll call in a specialist, please don't worry about it. 446 00:22:47,349 --> 00:22:48,816 We've got doctors up on the hill. 447 00:22:48,892 --> 00:22:50,526 Just listen. 448 00:22:50,536 --> 00:22:52,694 He's going to need medication. 449 00:22:52,771 --> 00:22:55,155 Now the pediatrician said there is a drug, 450 00:22:55,232 --> 00:22:58,242 it was manufactured under some kind of federal subsidy 451 00:22:58,318 --> 00:23:00,911 program, but now the doctor said that program 452 00:23:00,988 --> 00:23:03,839 has been eliminated because of budget cutbacks. 453 00:23:03,916 --> 00:23:07,376 Cutbacks that you made on that bill you're so anxious to get 454 00:23:07,453 --> 00:23:08,293 signed. 455 00:23:08,304 --> 00:23:10,087 No. 456 00:23:10,164 --> 00:23:12,423 I went over the findings of the Office of Technical Assessment. 457 00:23:12,499 --> 00:23:15,175 They assured me that the cuts were prudent. 458 00:23:15,252 --> 00:23:17,803 Prudent? 459 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:22,641 Without medication, my baby, your grandson, 460 00:23:22,718 --> 00:23:25,069 does not have much of a chance to live. 461 00:23:28,182 --> 00:23:30,315 Oh, no. 462 00:23:30,392 --> 00:23:32,359 Oh, that can't be true. 463 00:23:32,436 --> 00:23:34,695 It is true. 464 00:23:34,771 --> 00:23:37,739 Now I've never asked you for anything. 465 00:23:37,816 --> 00:23:39,575 I take it back, I've asked a lot, 466 00:23:39,651 --> 00:23:43,412 you've just never given it, but this time you are. 467 00:23:43,489 --> 00:23:45,956 I want you to use all the power, all 468 00:23:46,033 --> 00:23:48,375 the tricks that you can to get that subsidy 469 00:23:48,452 --> 00:23:49,927 put back into the budget. 470 00:23:50,004 --> 00:23:51,137 Yes, I'll try, 471 00:23:51,213 --> 00:23:53,589 We're talking about your grandson's life, 472 00:23:53,665 --> 00:23:54,590 you better do more than try. 473 00:23:54,666 --> 00:23:56,008 I'll do it. I'll do it. 474 00:23:56,084 --> 00:23:57,142 I've got to get-- 475 00:23:57,019 --> 00:23:57,968 I've got to get a telephone. 476 00:23:58,045 --> 00:23:59,428 I've got to stop the vote. 477 00:23:59,505 --> 00:24:00,337 I'm so sorry. 478 00:24:00,414 --> 00:24:02,106 Just stop the vote. 479 00:24:09,806 --> 00:24:12,733 Dailey, what the hell is going on over there? 480 00:24:12,809 --> 00:24:15,319 I've tried Senator O'Connell's number five times. 481 00:24:15,395 --> 00:24:16,920 There isn't any answer. 482 00:24:16,997 --> 00:24:19,490 Now, listen, I want you to run down there and tell Buck-- 483 00:24:19,566 --> 00:24:22,034 I'm sorry, Senator, they've all left. 484 00:24:22,110 --> 00:24:23,494 Left? 485 00:24:23,570 --> 00:24:24,628 What are you talking about? 486 00:24:24,705 --> 00:24:26,538 They have to be there. 487 00:24:26,615 --> 00:24:27,931 There's a vote scheduled. 488 00:24:28,008 --> 00:24:29,625 They already held the vote. 489 00:24:29,701 --> 00:24:31,710 Senator O'Connell called to congratulate 490 00:24:31,787 --> 00:24:33,286 you on passing the bill. 491 00:24:33,363 --> 00:24:35,756 He said it went through just like you wanted. 492 00:24:35,766 --> 00:24:38,300 No, no, that's not what I wanted. 493 00:24:38,377 --> 00:24:39,968 Tell them, they can't-- 494 00:24:40,045 --> 00:24:40,936 they can't do this. 495 00:24:41,013 --> 00:24:42,012 Tell them my grandson-- 496 00:24:42,089 --> 00:24:43,180 - Senator? - What? 497 00:24:43,191 --> 00:24:44,473 Senator, come on, wake up. 498 00:24:44,550 --> 00:24:46,433 Just a dream. 499 00:24:46,510 --> 00:24:48,268 Wake up. 500 00:24:48,345 --> 00:24:49,286 What? 501 00:24:49,197 --> 00:24:50,654 It's all just a dream. 502 00:24:50,731 --> 00:24:52,439 Your grandson hasn't been born yet, 503 00:24:52,516 --> 00:24:55,567 the bill hasn't been voted on yet. 504 00:24:55,644 --> 00:24:57,861 There's still time. 505 00:24:57,872 --> 00:24:59,955 There's still time for you and your daughter, too. 506 00:25:04,036 --> 00:25:07,079 How do you know what my dream is about? 507 00:25:07,155 --> 00:25:08,914 I couldn't get through to you while you were awake, 508 00:25:08,991 --> 00:25:10,424 so I did it while you were asleep. 509 00:25:13,370 --> 00:25:16,380 Wait a minute, who are you? 510 00:25:16,456 --> 00:25:18,215 What is this? 511 00:25:18,292 --> 00:25:22,678 I'm an angel, and you know what it's all about. 512 00:25:22,754 --> 00:25:23,804 You're an angel? 513 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:24,730 Hm. 514 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:32,229 You're some kind of a kook. 515 00:25:32,306 --> 00:25:33,822 No, I'm not a kook, Stinky. 516 00:25:36,351 --> 00:25:37,859 What did you call me? 517 00:25:37,936 --> 00:25:39,319 Stinky. 518 00:25:39,396 --> 00:25:40,946 Isn't that what Harry Truman called you up on the hill 519 00:25:41,023 --> 00:25:44,157 when you were just a freshman Congressman? 520 00:25:44,234 --> 00:25:46,243 Remember Sam Rayburn introduced you to Harry and he said, 521 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:50,998 Harry, keep an eye on this boy, he's got what it takes. 522 00:25:51,074 --> 00:25:52,666 But Truman didn't like the smell of your cigar, 523 00:25:52,743 --> 00:25:55,752 so he called you Stinky. 524 00:25:55,829 --> 00:25:59,256 There were only three people in that room. 525 00:25:59,267 --> 00:26:00,641 I'm the only one alive. 526 00:26:03,503 --> 00:26:05,804 How do you know? 527 00:26:05,881 --> 00:26:07,481 Harry told me while you were asleep. 528 00:26:12,054 --> 00:26:13,145 You are an angel? 529 00:26:13,221 --> 00:26:14,271 Mm-hm. 530 00:26:14,348 --> 00:26:15,155 That's right. 531 00:26:17,893 --> 00:26:21,278 You started out doing so much good. 532 00:26:21,289 --> 00:26:22,246 What happened? 533 00:26:27,110 --> 00:26:28,452 Realities. 534 00:26:28,528 --> 00:26:30,954 Yeah. 535 00:26:31,031 --> 00:26:36,635 You can't do anything in this town, good or bad, 536 00:26:36,712 --> 00:26:38,170 without power. 537 00:26:40,082 --> 00:26:41,765 You sure got plenty of that, all right. 538 00:26:44,711 --> 00:26:45,902 Somewhere along the way, I guess you 539 00:26:45,979 --> 00:26:49,473 forgot what you wanted it for. 540 00:26:49,549 --> 00:26:52,976 There's still time. 541 00:26:53,053 --> 00:26:53,944 It's up to you. 542 00:26:59,559 --> 00:27:01,443 You wait right here. 543 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:02,578 I'll be right back. 544 00:27:08,652 --> 00:27:09,493 Breathe. 545 00:27:09,569 --> 00:27:10,410 Breathe. 546 00:27:10,487 --> 00:27:11,995 Easy, easy. 547 00:27:12,072 --> 00:27:14,039 Breathe easy. 548 00:27:14,116 --> 00:27:15,340 Yeah, breathe. 549 00:27:18,912 --> 00:27:21,055 That was a good one. 550 00:27:29,357 --> 00:27:30,939 [knocking] 551 00:27:31,675 --> 00:27:32,516 How are you doing? 552 00:27:32,526 --> 00:27:33,475 Hello, Kevin. 553 00:27:33,552 --> 00:27:34,601 You did come. 554 00:27:34,678 --> 00:27:35,860 Yes, Caroline. 555 00:27:35,938 --> 00:27:37,521 Oh, I'm OK, but this baby doesn't 556 00:27:37,597 --> 00:27:39,148 seem to want to come out. 557 00:27:38,824 --> 00:27:43,369 Oh, Caroline, I would apologize to you. 558 00:27:43,445 --> 00:27:44,836 What? 559 00:27:44,913 --> 00:27:46,905 I know I haven't been much of a father to you, 560 00:27:46,982 --> 00:27:51,243 or much of a husband to your mother, for that matter. 561 00:27:51,319 --> 00:27:58,625 There's nothing I can say now to make up or undo things, 562 00:27:58,702 --> 00:28:07,935 but I want you to know I love you and I'm very proud of you. 563 00:28:10,630 --> 00:28:13,682 Daddy, are you all right? 564 00:28:13,759 --> 00:28:15,892 Oh, yes. 565 00:28:15,969 --> 00:28:22,441 For the first time in a long while, I'm very all right. 566 00:28:22,517 --> 00:28:25,068 But I can't stay with you know, I've 567 00:28:25,145 --> 00:28:27,571 got to get back to the Senate. 568 00:28:27,647 --> 00:28:29,865 So that's what this is all about? 569 00:28:29,941 --> 00:28:34,494 It's OK, Daddy, I'm used to you ducking out on me. 570 00:28:34,571 --> 00:28:35,746 I'm not ducking out on you. 571 00:28:35,822 --> 00:28:37,706 I'm going back there for you. 572 00:28:37,783 --> 00:28:39,082 For the baby. 573 00:28:39,159 --> 00:28:41,251 For a lot of other little kids. 574 00:28:41,328 --> 00:28:44,838 And this time, I'm not voting with the money 575 00:28:44,915 --> 00:28:47,549 or the lobbyists or the party. 576 00:28:47,626 --> 00:28:54,598 And after the vote is over, I'm coming back to you, to both 577 00:28:54,674 --> 00:28:59,027 of you, to all three of you. 578 00:29:02,808 --> 00:29:04,107 Here we go again. 579 00:29:04,184 --> 00:29:05,734 Breathe. 580 00:29:05,811 --> 00:29:06,651 Breathe. 581 00:29:06,728 --> 00:29:07,569 Breathe. 582 00:29:07,646 --> 00:29:08,570 Easy, easy. 583 00:29:08,647 --> 00:29:09,663 Breathe easy. 584 00:29:25,831 --> 00:29:27,589 Daily, I've been trying to reach the Majority 585 00:29:27,666 --> 00:29:28,882 Leader and Buck O'Connell. 586 00:29:28,959 --> 00:29:30,300 Where in hell is everybody? 587 00:29:30,377 --> 00:29:32,936 I'm sorry, Senator, I tried but Senator O'Connell 588 00:29:33,013 --> 00:29:34,888 got to the Majority Leader and told them they 589 00:29:34,965 --> 00:29:37,483 had enough votes without you. 590 00:29:37,559 --> 00:29:39,100 Without me? 591 00:29:39,177 --> 00:29:40,861 They're on the floor right now ready to call for the vote. 592 00:29:43,181 --> 00:29:46,358 They went ahead without me. 593 00:29:46,434 --> 00:29:48,485 Nothing I can do now. 594 00:29:48,562 --> 00:29:50,821 We've lost, kid. 595 00:29:50,897 --> 00:29:52,864 Not yet, we haven't. 596 00:29:52,875 --> 00:29:55,075 I can't do anything if I'm not there. 597 00:29:55,151 --> 00:29:56,868 There's no way I can get there in time. 598 00:29:56,945 --> 00:29:58,787 Oh, yes, there is. 599 00:29:58,864 --> 00:29:59,922 Trust me, Senator. 600 00:30:09,416 --> 00:30:13,343 Very well, if there are no more motions on the floor, 601 00:30:13,354 --> 00:30:14,436 we will call the roll. 602 00:30:23,096 --> 00:30:25,313 Corky, I thought you were at the hospital. 603 00:30:25,390 --> 00:30:27,941 How in heaven's name did you get here? 604 00:30:28,018 --> 00:30:29,993 I think you just answered your own question. 605 00:30:32,772 --> 00:30:34,948 You shouldn't be here, you know. 606 00:30:35,025 --> 00:30:37,951 I know, Corky, but they keep electing me 607 00:30:38,028 --> 00:30:39,870 and I keep showing up. 608 00:30:39,946 --> 00:30:40,904 He can't see me or hear me. 609 00:30:40,981 --> 00:30:43,874 Only you can. 610 00:30:43,950 --> 00:30:45,968 Well, here we go. 611 00:30:48,330 --> 00:30:52,048 Chair recognizes Senator McCorkindale. 612 00:30:52,125 --> 00:30:55,302 Yes, thank you, Charlie. 613 00:30:55,378 --> 00:31:00,056 Mr. Acting president pro tem, distinguished colleagues, 614 00:31:00,133 --> 00:31:10,942 I know we're all in a hurry to pass this budget and go home, 615 00:31:11,019 --> 00:31:15,030 but I think we made a mistake. 616 00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:18,617 There are a few things cut out of that budget that 617 00:31:18,693 --> 00:31:20,577 ought not to have been cut out. 618 00:31:20,654 --> 00:31:22,913 [groaning] 619 00:31:22,989 --> 00:31:25,749 Corky, what in hell's got into you? 620 00:31:25,825 --> 00:31:28,376 Nothing in hell's got into me, Bucky. 621 00:31:28,453 --> 00:31:29,644 Just the opposite. 622 00:31:29,721 --> 00:31:31,421 Now just a second here, Senator. 623 00:31:31,498 --> 00:31:33,173 I recognized you because I thought you 624 00:31:33,249 --> 00:31:36,259 wanted to call for the vote. 625 00:31:36,336 --> 00:31:38,345 Well, I know that that's the way we worked it out 626 00:31:38,355 --> 00:31:41,765 in the cloakroom, but, Charlie, I changed my mind, 627 00:31:41,841 --> 00:31:45,769 because what I really want to do is to introduce a motion 628 00:31:45,845 --> 00:31:52,108 to hold that vote up until some people can get here and give 629 00:31:52,185 --> 00:31:53,777 testimony before the Senate Budget 630 00:31:53,853 --> 00:31:58,832 Committee, which is where I want this budget to be sent back to. 631 00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:05,413 Charlie, that thing in your hand ain't a nutcracker. 632 00:32:05,490 --> 00:32:06,756 It's a gavel. 633 00:32:06,833 --> 00:32:09,167 Why don't you bang for order? 634 00:32:09,244 --> 00:32:13,088 All right, let's have order here. 635 00:32:13,164 --> 00:32:14,756 I have been waiting to say this 636 00:32:14,767 --> 00:32:16,841 all my life, stop the presses. 637 00:32:16,852 --> 00:32:18,718 Old Corky McCorkindale has just moved 638 00:32:18,795 --> 00:32:22,514 to send the bill he helped author back to committee. 639 00:32:22,590 --> 00:32:23,890 Senator Waylon? 640 00:32:23,967 --> 00:32:25,091 No. 641 00:32:25,169 --> 00:32:27,444 Senator Winthrop? 642 00:32:27,521 --> 00:32:29,062 Yes. 643 00:32:29,139 --> 00:32:31,114 Senator Yarborough. 644 00:32:31,191 --> 00:32:32,816 No. 645 00:32:32,892 --> 00:32:34,234 Senator Yerman? 646 00:32:34,310 --> 00:32:36,236 No. 647 00:32:36,312 --> 00:32:40,490 The vote is 39 in favor, 58 opposed. 648 00:32:40,567 --> 00:32:43,460 Senator McCorkindale's motion is defeated. 649 00:32:46,865 --> 00:32:49,040 Well, that's the ball game. 650 00:32:49,117 --> 00:32:51,334 Looks like Old Corky's overplayed his hand. 651 00:32:51,411 --> 00:32:53,920 Is there anything else he can do? 652 00:32:53,997 --> 00:32:57,007 He's made the motion, he's lost. 653 00:32:57,083 --> 00:32:59,184 Once Charlie recognizes Buck, we're sunk. 654 00:33:02,589 --> 00:33:05,557 Now then, do I hear a call for a vote on the budget? 655 00:33:05,633 --> 00:33:07,267 I need more time. 656 00:33:07,343 --> 00:33:11,229 And that's just what you ran out of. 657 00:33:11,306 --> 00:33:13,773 Mr. President-elect pro tem? 658 00:33:13,850 --> 00:33:16,026 The chair recognizes-- 659 00:33:16,102 --> 00:33:18,111 what the? 660 00:33:18,188 --> 00:33:21,072 Ladies and gentlemen, we will recess for a few minutes 661 00:33:21,149 --> 00:33:22,907 until we get the lights back on. 662 00:33:22,984 --> 00:33:25,043 I guess somebody forgot to pay the bill. 663 00:33:38,708 --> 00:33:42,844 When the lights go on, I want you to recognize me, Charlie. 664 00:33:42,921 --> 00:33:44,162 No way, Corky. 665 00:33:44,239 --> 00:33:45,905 I don't know what's got into you, 666 00:33:45,982 --> 00:33:48,150 but I'm going to recognize Buck, and we're going to vote 667 00:33:48,226 --> 00:33:50,894 this thing through and go home. 668 00:33:50,904 --> 00:33:53,021 What's the matter with you, Corky? 669 00:33:53,098 --> 00:33:54,481 You got religion or something? 670 00:33:55,350 --> 00:33:57,058 There's worse things to get. 671 00:33:57,135 --> 00:34:02,197 Not for you, because if you try to stop this vote one more 672 00:34:02,273 --> 00:34:04,991 time, I'm going to see to it that there's not 673 00:34:05,068 --> 00:34:07,535 a cent of PAC money for you. 674 00:34:07,612 --> 00:34:09,087 Your whole party will be against you. 675 00:34:09,164 --> 00:34:10,505 You'll be a pariah. 676 00:34:10,582 --> 00:34:18,254 No friends, no money, no clout, and no more Corky. 677 00:34:21,709 --> 00:34:24,886 Little Bucky Conner. 678 00:34:24,963 --> 00:34:27,764 I made you what you are today. 679 00:34:27,775 --> 00:34:32,060 I took you under my wing, showed you the ropes. 680 00:34:32,137 --> 00:34:35,772 Yes, you did, and you get in my way now, 681 00:34:35,783 --> 00:34:39,025 and I'll hang you with them. 682 00:34:39,102 --> 00:34:43,404 Charlie, when those lights come on, 683 00:34:43,481 --> 00:34:46,449 you be sure you recognize me. 684 00:34:46,460 --> 00:34:47,375 You got it. 685 00:34:51,406 --> 00:34:52,756 See you on the floor, Senator. 686 00:35:29,194 --> 00:35:32,087 [indistinct conversation] 687 00:35:49,088 --> 00:35:52,432 The Senate is now in session. 688 00:35:52,508 --> 00:36:01,632 The chair recognizes Senator McCorkindale. 689 00:36:05,146 --> 00:36:07,530 Why did I say that? 690 00:36:07,607 --> 00:36:10,575 Heaven only knows, Charlie, but you did. 691 00:36:10,652 --> 00:36:14,787 Just say what you got to say and get on with it. 692 00:36:14,864 --> 00:36:23,254 Well, Buck, what I got to say just may take some time, 693 00:36:23,331 --> 00:36:25,882 and according to the rules of the Senate, 694 00:36:25,893 --> 00:36:29,844 I've got the floor as long as I don't stop talking and as 695 00:36:29,921 --> 00:36:31,897 long as I don't sit down. 696 00:36:31,973 --> 00:36:36,059 So, you fellows and gals might just as well settle in 697 00:36:36,135 --> 00:36:39,604 for a spell because my stomach is full, 698 00:36:39,681 --> 00:36:45,235 my shoes are comfortable, and my bladder is strong, 699 00:36:45,311 --> 00:36:49,072 and I intend to keep on talking until those folks 700 00:36:49,148 --> 00:36:52,867 I told you about get here. 701 00:36:52,944 --> 00:36:54,285 Buck, sit down. 702 00:36:57,407 --> 00:36:59,123 We temporarily interrupt this program 703 00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:02,252 to bring you a Special Report from the Senate. 704 00:37:02,328 --> 00:37:03,929 This is Henry Dansker. 705 00:37:04,005 --> 00:37:06,756 In an effort to block passage of the O'Connell budget, 706 00:37:06,833 --> 00:37:10,927 74-year-old Senator Fritz Corky McCorkindale has just 707 00:37:11,004 --> 00:37:13,096 begun a one man filibuster. 708 00:37:13,172 --> 00:37:16,432 The Senator has been speaking for just over three hours now. 709 00:37:16,509 --> 00:37:19,352 It is a courageous display of bravado, 710 00:37:19,429 --> 00:37:22,981 but the question is, how long can a 74-year-old man 711 00:37:22,991 --> 00:37:24,707 stay on his feet? 712 00:37:24,784 --> 00:37:29,279 Speculation runs high he cannot hold out much longer. 713 00:37:29,355 --> 00:37:31,698 That's what you think, pal. 714 00:37:31,774 --> 00:37:33,199 Go get them, Pop. 715 00:37:33,276 --> 00:37:34,509 You go get them. 716 00:37:37,965 --> 00:37:39,714 It's your grandpa, kid. 717 00:38:05,183 --> 00:38:06,457 Your made it. Great, 718 00:38:06,534 --> 00:38:08,109 We got 10 other families here, too. 719 00:38:08,186 --> 00:38:09,861 All right, let's go get them. 720 00:38:09,937 --> 00:38:12,989 I am not a bleeding heart. 721 00:38:13,066 --> 00:38:16,117 We are not looking for a handout, 722 00:38:16,194 --> 00:38:20,338 but there are certain things a man can't do for himself. 723 00:38:23,034 --> 00:38:24,208 He can't heal himself. 724 00:38:24,285 --> 00:38:27,920 He can't manufacture his own medicines. 725 00:38:27,997 --> 00:38:32,508 He can't dictate just when a catastrophic illness 726 00:38:32,585 --> 00:38:34,677 will strike his family. 727 00:38:34,754 --> 00:38:41,934 To turn our backs on them, it's just not sound fiscal policy. 728 00:38:42,011 --> 00:38:47,523 It's not sound American policy, and I'll be damned in hell 729 00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:50,276 if I'm going to be part of it. 730 00:38:50,353 --> 00:38:51,778 And so will you. 731 00:38:51,854 --> 00:38:53,529 Hey, Corky? 732 00:38:53,606 --> 00:38:56,824 Give them hell, Corky. 733 00:38:56,901 --> 00:38:59,202 Well, they're here. 734 00:38:59,278 --> 00:39:02,372 Now if we could only figure out a way to get them heard. 735 00:39:02,448 --> 00:39:03,506 You've got it. 736 00:39:07,787 --> 00:39:09,379 Will the Senator yield the floor 737 00:39:09,455 --> 00:39:11,130 for a point of information? 738 00:39:11,207 --> 00:39:12,882 All right. 739 00:39:12,959 --> 00:39:16,552 Seems like the gremlins are at work tonight, Senators. 740 00:39:16,629 --> 00:39:19,889 The Senators only restrooms are out of order. 741 00:39:19,966 --> 00:39:22,392 Senators wishing to use the facilities 742 00:39:22,468 --> 00:39:23,985 will have to use the public ones. 743 00:39:26,597 --> 00:39:29,232 I like your style. 744 00:39:29,308 --> 00:39:30,367 I try. 745 00:39:33,312 --> 00:39:35,988 Senator? 746 00:39:36,065 --> 00:39:36,906 Thank you. 747 00:39:36,983 --> 00:39:38,049 Excuse me. 748 00:39:40,837 --> 00:39:44,839 My grandson is born. 749 00:39:44,916 --> 00:39:46,249 Is he all right? 750 00:39:46,325 --> 00:39:47,408 He's fine. 751 00:39:47,486 --> 00:39:48,960 Fine, healthy grandson. 752 00:39:51,581 --> 00:39:55,425 I have an announcement of my own to make here. 753 00:39:55,501 --> 00:39:59,887 I'm the proud grandfather of a 7 pound 3 ounce 754 00:39:59,964 --> 00:40:06,111 baby boy, whom my daughter informs me that she's going 755 00:40:06,187 --> 00:40:12,692 to name him Fritz after me. 756 00:40:12,768 --> 00:40:14,001 Thank you. 757 00:40:14,078 --> 00:40:17,321 Thank you, darling, if you hear me. 758 00:40:17,398 --> 00:40:18,781 Well, I was-- 759 00:40:18,858 --> 00:40:21,200 I was one of the lucky ones. 760 00:40:21,277 --> 00:40:23,586 My grandson's OK. 761 00:40:23,663 --> 00:40:26,289 But he could have been one of the thousands 762 00:40:26,365 --> 00:40:33,421 that this country that's not OK, that needed medicine and can't 763 00:40:33,498 --> 00:40:36,841 get because we're too busy building 764 00:40:36,918 --> 00:40:40,219 bombs with cameras inside them so we can make sure who we 765 00:40:40,296 --> 00:40:41,462 kill. 766 00:40:41,539 --> 00:40:43,690 Now what kind of sense is that? 767 00:40:59,857 --> 00:41:01,574 Hi, Senator, I'm mark Gordon. 768 00:41:01,651 --> 00:41:03,126 Say, I'd like you to meet a friend of mine 769 00:41:03,203 --> 00:41:04,452 while you're waiting. 770 00:41:04,529 --> 00:41:05,961 Hi, my name's Lindsey. 771 00:41:06,039 --> 00:41:08,006 I'm one of the kids the Senator was talking about. 772 00:41:14,372 --> 00:41:17,173 Hi, Senator. 773 00:41:17,250 --> 00:41:18,933 Madam, you can't be here. 774 00:41:19,010 --> 00:41:20,343 This is the men's room. 775 00:41:20,419 --> 00:41:21,260 Don't worry about it. 776 00:41:21,337 --> 00:41:22,612 I'm a nurse. 777 00:41:22,688 --> 00:41:24,347 Now let me tell you about my grandson. 778 00:41:24,423 --> 00:41:26,265 He has a disease that can be treated, 779 00:41:26,342 --> 00:41:28,267 but he can't get the medicine. 780 00:41:28,344 --> 00:41:34,815 And now, Senators, I would like to read to you my aunt 781 00:41:34,892 --> 00:41:40,863 Martha's recipe for pecan pie. 782 00:41:40,940 --> 00:41:45,326 You take 2 cups of fresh pecans-- 783 00:41:45,403 --> 00:41:46,669 [whistle] 784 00:41:53,044 --> 00:41:57,380 Well, Senators, I guess you'll have to ask my Aunt 785 00:41:57,456 --> 00:42:00,383 Martha for the recipe, because I've just 786 00:42:00,459 --> 00:42:05,555 been informed that you've met the people, 787 00:42:05,631 --> 00:42:07,974 they've had their say. 788 00:42:08,050 --> 00:42:18,442 Now, it's between you and your conscience. 789 00:42:18,519 --> 00:42:20,119 Somebody call an ambulance. 790 00:42:29,714 --> 00:42:31,664 Hey, what happened in there? 791 00:42:31,741 --> 00:42:33,833 I must have passed out. 792 00:42:33,909 --> 00:42:35,209 We've got to get back into the vote. 793 00:42:35,286 --> 00:42:37,720 It's going to be a close one. 794 00:42:37,797 --> 00:42:38,930 Take a look, Corky. 795 00:42:52,595 --> 00:42:54,279 You didn't just pass out in there, Corky. 796 00:42:59,935 --> 00:43:00,684 You mean? 797 00:43:00,762 --> 00:43:03,279 That's right? 798 00:43:03,356 --> 00:43:05,865 What about the vote? 799 00:43:05,941 --> 00:43:07,241 We lost. 800 00:43:07,318 --> 00:43:09,201 What are you talking about. 801 00:43:09,278 --> 00:43:11,754 It's going to end in a tie. 802 00:43:11,831 --> 00:43:13,122 That's going to send it to Charlie, 803 00:43:13,199 --> 00:43:15,875 and he's going to push that bill through as is. 804 00:43:15,951 --> 00:43:18,502 You did your best, that's all you can ask. 805 00:43:18,579 --> 00:43:20,796 No, no, no, it isn't. 806 00:43:20,873 --> 00:43:23,758 I've got to get back in there and break that tie vote. 807 00:43:23,768 --> 00:43:28,429 Look, you've got to get Him to let me get back in. 808 00:43:28,506 --> 00:43:30,306 Corky, that's against the rules. 809 00:43:30,317 --> 00:43:33,517 Well, let Him waive the rules. 810 00:43:33,594 --> 00:43:36,321 I can't help you. 811 00:43:36,397 --> 00:43:40,107 Jonathan, leave it to a pro. 812 00:43:40,184 --> 00:43:43,811 Your boss and me can work out a deal. 813 00:43:47,158 --> 00:43:48,908 Senator Waylon? 814 00:43:48,984 --> 00:43:50,201 Yes. 815 00:43:50,277 --> 00:43:51,577 Senator Winthrop? 816 00:43:51,654 --> 00:43:53,087 No. 817 00:43:53,164 --> 00:43:54,580 Senator Yarborough? 818 00:43:54,657 --> 00:43:55,998 Yes. 819 00:43:56,075 --> 00:43:57,291 Senator Yerman? 820 00:43:57,368 --> 00:43:59,752 No. 821 00:43:59,829 --> 00:44:01,170 The vote is-- 822 00:44:01,247 --> 00:44:03,547 Incomplete. 823 00:44:03,624 --> 00:44:05,350 The vote is incomplete. 824 00:44:24,603 --> 00:44:28,364 The Senate will come to order. 825 00:44:28,441 --> 00:44:29,990 Corky, you all right? 826 00:44:30,067 --> 00:44:32,377 You look as pale as a ghost. 827 00:44:32,453 --> 00:44:35,371 Well, to tell you the truth, Bucky, old boy, I'm dead, 828 00:44:35,448 --> 00:44:38,582 but you wouldn't believe that in a million years, would you? 829 00:44:38,659 --> 00:44:41,210 Senator McCorkindale? 830 00:44:41,287 --> 00:44:43,587 Before I cast my vote, I'm going to tell 831 00:44:43,664 --> 00:44:45,214 you birds a thing or two. 832 00:44:45,291 --> 00:44:47,216 They say that old Abe Lincoln's ghost 833 00:44:47,293 --> 00:44:50,720 walks the White House whenever his spirit is troubled. 834 00:44:50,796 --> 00:44:54,724 Well, from now on, Old Corky McCorkindale is going 835 00:44:54,800 --> 00:44:56,809 to be haunting these halls. 836 00:44:56,886 --> 00:44:59,153 We're going to send this budget back to committee, 837 00:44:59,230 --> 00:45:00,980 and when it comes out, you're going 838 00:45:01,056 --> 00:45:04,525 to do right by these people who put you here, 839 00:45:04,602 --> 00:45:08,404 or I'm coming back and scare the living daylights out of you. 840 00:45:08,415 --> 00:45:09,997 The vote is no. 841 00:45:10,074 --> 00:45:11,833 The children win, you lose. 842 00:46:02,117 --> 00:46:05,803 [indistinct conversations] 843 00:46:23,180 --> 00:46:24,980 It's time to go, Senator. 844 00:46:25,057 --> 00:46:29,151 Uh, I'd like to ask you one more favor. 845 00:46:29,228 --> 00:46:30,903 Name it. 846 00:46:30,980 --> 00:46:36,367 Can we make one more stop along the way? 847 00:46:36,443 --> 00:46:37,710 It's to keep a promise. 848 00:46:40,114 --> 00:46:41,297 We've got lots of time. 849 00:46:48,515 --> 00:46:50,372 And it has now been confirmed. 850 00:46:50,450 --> 00:46:54,093 After waging the most historic struggle in decades in the US 851 00:46:54,169 --> 00:46:58,514 Senate, Fritz Corky McCorkindale has succumbed to a heart attack 852 00:46:58,525 --> 00:47:00,015 at age 74. 853 00:47:00,092 --> 00:47:01,984 Though there still seems to be some confusion 854 00:47:02,061 --> 00:47:03,861 over the exact time of death. 855 00:47:10,936 --> 00:47:14,196 No, I'm OK. 856 00:47:14,273 --> 00:47:16,532 Don't cry. 857 00:47:16,543 --> 00:47:19,410 Caroline, I'm OK. 858 00:47:19,486 --> 00:47:22,371 She can't hear you, Corky. 859 00:47:22,448 --> 00:47:23,297 Oh, yeah. 860 00:47:30,631 --> 00:47:32,840 Look at him, huh? 861 00:47:32,917 --> 00:47:34,400 The little fella. 862 00:47:37,296 --> 00:47:40,639 I think he favors me, don't you think? 863 00:47:40,716 --> 00:47:42,766 Yeah, I think so. 864 00:47:42,843 --> 00:47:43,901 My grandson. 865 00:47:50,935 --> 00:47:53,611 Kevin, do you smell something? 866 00:47:53,687 --> 00:47:54,579 No. 867 00:47:54,655 --> 00:47:55,529 What are you talking about? 868 00:47:55,606 --> 00:47:57,406 That smell. 869 00:47:57,483 --> 00:47:58,415 It's my dad's cigar. 870 00:47:58,493 --> 00:48:00,284 I'd know that smell anywhere. 871 00:48:00,361 --> 00:48:03,412 Caroline. 872 00:48:03,489 --> 00:48:06,373 He's with us, Kevin. 873 00:48:06,450 --> 00:48:08,709 Trust me. 874 00:48:08,786 --> 00:48:10,052 He's with us right now. 875 00:48:21,674 --> 00:48:25,359 OK, we can go now. 876 00:48:38,357 --> 00:48:43,327 Let me ask you something, do they have committees up there? 877 00:48:43,404 --> 00:48:48,090 You know, I could be a real help to the boss if they do. 878 00:48:59,929 --> 00:49:04,023 [theme music]