In an episode dotted with flashbacks, Leo and his attorney Jordon Kendall (Joanna Gleason) face a Congressional inquiry into whether the president lied to the American people regarding his MS, but this particular day of hearings concerns itself more with Abby and her secretly medicating Jed, and later with Leo's having fallen off the wagon during the campaign (a politically motivated Republican rep on the committee witnessed Leo drunk in his room three days before the nomination); we see the meeting in which Leo talked N.H. Governor Bartlet into running for president, introducing his idea, "Bartlet for America", on a cocktail napkin, which the president later frames and returns to Leo as a gift in thanks for all he's done for the president over the years; Cliff Calley, Donna's boyfriend and special counsel to the judicial oversight committee, asks the committee chair to halt the inquiry before the rep can compel Leo to admit his personal transgression; Leo asks Jordon to Xmas Eve dinner.
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- Josh Lyman
- Leo McGarry
- President Josiah Bartlet
- C.J. Cregg
- Sam Seaborn
- Donna Moss
- Toby Ziegler
- Charlie Young
- Abbey Bartlet
- Vice President John Hoynes
- Atty. Jordon Kendall
- Clifford Calley
- FBI Special Agent Michael Casper
- Rep. Joseph Bruno
- Rep. Paul Dearborn, R
- Governor Edward Pratt R-TN
- Rep. Rathburn, R
- Dolores Landingham
- Margaret Hooper
- Alan
- N.H. Marketing Guy #2
- C.E.O. Donor #1
- C.E.O. Donor #2
- Reverend Algiss Skyler
- Congressman Darren Gibson, R-MI
- Congresswoman
- Congressman #3
- St. Louis Debate Event Planner
- News Reporter
- Core Staffer