Once the shock wore off Josh and Donna's faces broke into huge smiles and they hugged the other couple as tight as they could. As one would expect the ladies began to cry happy tears, the surprise was Josh. As he hugged his best friend tears were streaming down his face, he pulled back and smiled. They then trade with each other and he began to hug Ainsley, he pulled back looked at both of them and said, "Now we have to win, I can't let Arnie build more of those death traps and hurt my niece or nephew."

At that moment the two candidates walked around the corner and had puzzled looks on their faces. After a split second Leo began to smirk and looked at Matt, "One of the girls is pregnant, my money is on Ainsley." Matt started to laugh as everyone else smiled. He then brought the group back on topic, "What are we gonna do about this strategically boys?" Sam chimed in with the answer no one was expecting "We stay dark just like Josh said. It really is the best strategy. Bruno will blast us if we try to exploit this and we won't have to. News agencies have been playing the debate clip defending nuclear power over and over. The whole world knows his position, let them flounder and we react once everything is over." As they all nodded in agreement Bram came around the corner with Helen. "The President is sending engineers in to close the valve. They let the steam out a bit but it didn't help."

Leo began to walk away in a hurry, and Josh followed him leaving the others behind. "What's the hurry?" Matt yelled toward their retreating forms. Donna put her hand on Matt's arm and began to explain why they took off. "The President has basically just asked a civilian to put his life on the line. He doesn't do well when it's military, I can't imagine how he's handling this. Josh and Leo know he needs a sounding board that's not in the middle of this. Sam will be with you; I'll go check on them and be right back." As she walked away she heard the congressman call her name. She turned to see genuine concern on his face. "Tell them to take their time and if they need anything at all they just need to ask." She nodded with an understanding smile and thanked him. She then turned and went in search of Leo and Josh.

Sam excused himself to answer a call, while Helen and Matt talked to Ainsley and offered their congratulations on the pregnancy. A short time later Sam came back over to the group with an uneasy look on his face. "I know we are staying dark, but we need to talk to Josh and Leo now." Helen was the first to speak "What's wrong Sam?" Matt knew that tone in his wife's voice it was worry. Sam took a deep breath while trying to figure out how to explain this and decided to just come right out and say it. "Senator Vinnick lobbied to get San Andreo up and running ahead of schedule and past the regulatory commission 25 years ago."

Matt wasn't shocked by the information Arnie had lobbied for the facility but he also knew this could blow the lid off the election. He looked at Sam who very plainly wanted to leak this out and thought for a second about his next move. A moment of clarity hit him and he told Sam to put that info under his mattress after he told Josh and Leo. Sam nodded in the affirmative and in step with Matt headed off to find the boys in question.

Leo was on his cell phone wrapping up a call when Matt and Sam walked in. Josh met them at the door and asked what was up. Sam then proceeded to give Josh the rundown about the facility and Vinnick's involvement. Josh went to rally the troops and Matt reached out to stop him. With a questioning look on his face Josh heard Matt say "Leave it alone, you were right to go dark then and you're still right now." Josh nodded and by then Leo was done on the phone and did not look good at all. "What is it?" Matt asked his running mate. "I'm worried about the President. Not on how he will handle this but Abby is away and it is just the staff there," before Leo could finish the sentence Helen and Matt cut him off "Do you need to go to D.C.?" The way they said it in unison kind of freaked Leo out a little bit, but also warmed his heart. He shook his head no and explained slowly, "He would be so mad at me if I left you. He knows my place is here. I would like to leave a phone line open. Jed might need to talk to me. The President has CJ and his staff, Jed might need his best friend." Matt readily agreed to what Leo asked and then filled him in on the info Sam found out. Once Sam finished Bram came in with a stack of messages. He handed them to Josh and Matt asked him what was there. "It is a bunch of press requests," Matt asked him how many and Josh not looking up from the messages replied "A million kagillion." Matt not amused by the exaggeration dead panned "That's not a real number." Josh explained they were direct please from network heads to do their morning shows. With only a moment's pause Leo chimed in as only he could, "Kid you were right. We should stick with what you decided. We say nothing."

The Santos suite became the place to gather and watch the coverage. As the entire staff watched CNN their thoughts were with those they knew in both D.C. and California. Will had just been on TV announcing that when they had vented the steam out of the auxiliary building the level of radiation was higher than the normal dosage of radiation the EPA classified as safe. As Josh began to shout down Sam for the millionth time about hitting Vinnick now that the report had been discovered the phone rang.

Matt Santos heard what the President had to say and understood that's how the protocol went, but he still knew what the optics would be. He still believed they were doing the right thing but he also knew his campaign manager was beginning to waiver. That's when he heard the crash.

Josh was angrier than he had been in a long time. He, for the first time was second guessing a political decision. He was talking to Donna about leading questions to the press about the information when Leo walked in. "Don't do what he just asked you to. It's out. Just like we knew it would get out." He spun around and started to walk out of the room when he stopped and turned to face his protégé and simply said, "Every campaign manager has the moment you just had. The one where you want to quietly do the polar opposite of what the candidate wants to do. You did the right thing. Now tell me the four words every political junkie wants to hear."

Josh smiled at Leo and Donna and almost gleefully said, "Too close to call."