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I'm not going to work with him, Kate.
Then why take the meeting?
Because I at least needed to...
Hear him out? Why?
Even if I never resigned, I still
wouldn't have won that Senate seat.
They were always maneuvering me.
I was in denial.
That's not true.
You stand for something.
Will you stay for a couple more days?
I wish I could.
But unfortunately I have work and...
children. So...
Well, what would you think about me
coming up there to visit you soon?
I could spend time with your kids.
I'm not divorced yet, Colin.
And neither are you.
You know damn well it's right with us.
What about your career?
Do you have any idea
what this would look like?
We've already been incredibly reckless.
This feels real to me.
And if it means
I can't run for office again,
so be it.
to the airport.
I called a cab.
I figured I'd let you sleep.
Folks, the grant was given to us
for claims we already submitted.
Are any of you existing clients?
Meaning people
we worked with in the past?
All right, who's next?
We had to treat
your father's alcohol withdrawal
to maximize the safety of his surgery.
Detox.
Detox was kind of rocky for him.
Both emotionally and physically.
We're going to take him
five to seven hours.
Take your time with him until then.
- Thank you.
- Yeah.
Heard you were in the middle
of a class action.
I didn't think you'd be here.
I postponed the depositions,
but I have to get back
He's my father, too.
I'll be outside.
How are you feeling?
Ask me that in seven hours.
You're going to be okay.
You know, I was thinking
about something on the ride over.
You remember that speech
you gave during the '69 campaign
about the anti-discrimination
ordinance, you remember?
You were shouting, pounding your fist,
spitting like a mad dog.
I was too young to understand
much of what you were saying,
but I did understand it was about race.
Blacks and whites, right and wrong.
- And I never...
- Do...
Do me a favor, Colin.
What?
Don't feel sorry for me.
Oh, Christ.
All right.
Close the damn shades.
The sun is hurting my eyes.
You've been sleeping
with your consultant.
That's none of your business.
Another disaster waiting to happen.
What does it matter to you anyway?
It's difficult to stop
caring about someone
you've spent 25 years of your life with.
But you did.
I apologize.
I've been wrong. And I'm sorry.
What are you talking about?
I don't want to sign.
If you fall on one issue,
you make that sacrifice,
we can accomplish
everything we've worked for.
You won't be able
to make this on your own terms.
Not this time.
500,000.
That's how many people
have filed with the GCCF.
I'd be responsible for all of them.
It won't change a thing,
and you know it.
Why are you doing this?
I love you.
Whether you take the deal or not.
Do me a favor.
Don't come back here after the surgery.
You've reached Kate Haber,
you can leave me a message...
City and state, please.
Arlington, Virginia. Katherine Haber.
Hello?
Kate.
Why are you calling me at home?
Can we talk for a minute?
This isn't a good time.
Just call the office tomorrow
and we can talk then.
I miss you.
Honey, we're starting the movie.
Can... I just need a minute.
I'll just be a minute.
That was your husband.
We've decided to try
and work things out.
Were you going to bother telling me?
Yes, of course I was.
But it just happened and...
I...
I don't know.
I'm sorry.
But what did you think
was going to happen?
That I'd campaign with you?
That I'd stand up there
on that podium by your side?
You weren't giving up politics
to be with me.
And if you did,
you would have been miserable.
Maybe not at first,
but what about in six months?
Or a year?
Do you love him?
Oh, Colin, tell me that I'm wrong.
Tell me that I'm wrong.
I'm sorry to have called so late.
You have a good night.
Colin?
Colin, open the door.
Colin. Colin.
Open the door.
Unlock the door.
Colin.
You've always been a decent man, Colin.
But that's not why I married you.
you had it in you to be a great man.
And great men,
men who build legacies,
they aren't always decent.
They understand that people...
they need someone
to tell them what to remember.
And what to forget.
They need great men
to insulate them from frailty.
What's good, what's bad.
Because only great men know how to make
people's powerlessness tolerable.
My mother grew up a couple miles
east of here in Metairie.
My father grew up in the city.
I was raised in Broadmoor.
Graduated Jesuit High.
My parents had friends
who worked at this plant.
worked at this plant.
And I have friends now
who work at this plant,
some of you are here today.
So I understand
the problems that we face.
I understand our frustrations.
And I am here to be the solution.
We must not let ourselves forget
the 11 men who died
on that Transocean rig
or the impact the spill
has had on the Gulf Coast.
But we also can't allow tragedy
to force us into making foolish decisions.
Instead of wasting our energy
vilifying the oil industry
and the GCCF, we need to be patient.
We need to work together.
Because the fact of the matter is,
we need each other.
Good legislating
is the art of compromise.
Good business is the art of compromise.
Life will forever be
the art of compromise.
Chris Wilcox doesn't understand
from seafood to oil field
and from oil field to seafood.
He doesn't understand that
a permanent ban on drilling
will devastate our local economy.
He doesn't understand that
hard-earned American dollars
to the Middle East.
I am running for Senate
to move things forward,
not only for this
great state of Louisiana,
but for this great country.
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