"Hi." "Any mail for Mark Gordon, general delivery?" " Just a second, I'll check." " Thank you." " There you go." " Thank you." "Garbage, garbage, garbage, more garbage." "Hey, a letter from Leslie." " Oh, your sister, huh?" " Yeah." "What's she got to say?" " Well, I'll be." " You'll be what?" "I'll be giving the bride away." "She's getting married." "You're kidding, that's great." " Jonathan, we don't--?" " No, we don't have an assignment." "Our time's our own." " Let's go to a wedding." " Great." "There's two pieces of chicken left." "You're telling me you can't finish that?" "Sis, this dinner was great, just great." "Oh, I'm glad you liked it." "Would anyone like more coffee?" " No, I've had plenty." "Thanks." " Okay." "Looks like Leslie and your daughter hit it off." "Yeah, they're great together." "Lindsey was so thrilled to be staying over at Leslie's while I had this place repainted." "Let me tell you something, Bill, you're getting one great gal." "Yeah, you don't have to tell me, I know it, believe me." "Honey, can I borrow your car tomorrow?" "Mine's in the shop." "Oh, Les, I've got meetings all over town tomorrow." "I've got a million things to do." "I have to go to the market and you wanted me to take Lindsey down to the doctor's tomorrow." "And I have a fitting for my wedding dress at 3." "Hey, I can take you." "Give us a chance to catch up." "I don't want to put you out." "Listen, Leslie, you're my family, you're the only one I got." "Hey, what about me?" "What am I?" "Chopped liver?" "I'm sorry this took so long, Leslie." "Leslie, I think you'd better call Bill and have him come down here." "He has some important business meetings today." "What's wrong?" "You're not Lindsey's guardian yet, Leslie." "What I have to say, I should say to him." "Doctor, if Lindsey's anaemic and needs some kind of special diet or vitamins," "I think you can trust me to give him that information." "I'm gonna be her mother." "Leslie, Lindsey is a very sick little girl and it's not just a question of vitamins." "Please." "Call Bill and have him come down here." "It's so unfair." "It's so unfair." "What exactly does she have anyway, Les?" "It's one of these one-in-a-million diseases, a very rare form of some kind of amino-acid metabolic deficiency." "I think that's what he said." "Her body doesn't make enough of one kind of amino acid." "There's a block, a damming back and her body makes too much of some other kind of amino acid." "And what does that do?" "It's toxic." "It's why she hasn't grown." "It'll cause mental deficiency and eventually it'll be fatal," "maybe in a year, or maybe two." "They don't know." "Isn't there anything they can do?" "Sure there is." "Just not enough money in it, that's all." "How is she?" "Oh, God, Les." "I don't know what to do." "I can't tell her." "How am I gonna tell my daughter--?" "Bill, you said there was something they could do but there was no money in it, what'd you mean?" "There's an experimental drug that's ready for market, but there's so few kids with this disease that it's not worth it for the pharmaceutical company to manufacture it." "It's what they call an orphan drug." "There's a whole bunch of them for all kinds of diseases that are so rare there's no market for them." "But aren't there grants for funds?" "I mean, there has to be something." "This is the richest country in the world." "Yeah." "The doctor told me the name of the drug company." "I was on the phone two hours today trying to talk to the head guy." "I couldn't even get through to him." "You know, maybe we could try." "How?" "Well, it's kind of part of our job, you know." "Our boss has connections." "Oh, God, anything you could do..." "All right, we'll try." " Mr. Burns." " What?" " I'm sorry if we startled you." " Well, you certainly did." "Who are you?" "What are you doing in here?" "I'm Jonathan Smith." "This is Mark Gordon." "We came to talk" "Look, I'm trying to be nice about this but I don't appreciate people just walking into my office." "We tried to make an appointment." "Your secretary said" " it was impossible." " Well, she was right." "Now, I'd appreciate it if you'd just leave." "I'm afraid we can't do that." "This is a matter of life and death." "It involves a little girl named Lindsey Norman." "All right." "All right, sit down." "But be brief." "There's a drug that your company can manufacture." "If she gets it, she'll live." "If she doesn't, she'll die." "It's as simple as that." "Here's the name of the drug." "I had a doctor write it down." "I see." "What company are you gentlemen with?" "We're not with any company." "We're just here about a little girl's life." "There's plenty more like her too." "Yes, of course." "You're with a patient's advocacy group, then." "I suppose you could say that." "Well, Mr. Smith, was it?" "I'm afraid there's nothing I can do." "You can manufacture the drug." "You have the formula, the chemicals." "But we don't have the money, Mr. Gordon." "We were supposed to but now we don't." "What do you mean?" "Some years ago, Congress passed the Orphan Drug Act for drugs just like this." "The act allowed Congress to appropriate up to $4 million a year to subsidise the manufacture of drugs of this kind." " Four million, that's nothing." " Well, I agree, Mr. Gordon, but Congress never even appropriated the full $4 million." "Couple of million and change, that's all they ever approved." "Well, maybe next year they'll appropriate enough money." "She may not be alive next year." "Mr. Gordon, there are 20 million Americans who suffer from 5,000 rare diseases." "Over half of them are childhood diseases." "This is a business." "We can't lose money and stay in business." "Our stockholders won't let us do that." "That was the whole reason for the Orphan Drug Act." "Now, I wish I could help but you've come to the wrong address." "It would literally take an act of Congress to get us the money to manufacture the drug that that little girl needs." "And where Congress is concerned, you might as well be talking about an act of God." "You know what I mean?" "Yeah." "Yeah, I know exactly what you mean." "Listen, I appreciate everything you guys are trying to do and I'm willing to try anything right now, but I gotta tell you, I don't see Congress coming to a screeching halt just because of Bill Norman." "Well, maybe not just for Bill Norman." "But there's gotta be a lot of families out there going through the same thing you are." "And if we start getting on the phone, rounding those people up, people just like us, then it won't just be our family trying to do something." "Mark and I can be in Washington getting people ready to listen to what you have to say." " This is crazy." " No, no." "What's crazy is that we spend more money on things to kill people than we do on things to save them." "And you really think there's a chance?" "I think we're not gonna know unless we try." "It's not gonna be easy." "Lindsey's gonna have to know now." "She's gonna have to be part of this fight." "You want me to go in there and tell my daughter there's a chance that she might die?" "No, I want you to go and tell your daughter if she's willing to fight for it, there's a good chance she's gonna live." "Miss Wilson, this is very, very important." "Mr. Smith, everyone's problem is important but the congressman simply does not have the time." "Lady, we are talking about a little kid here." "We are not tourists off the street who wanna come in and shake his hand." "Congress will more than likely adjourn tomorrow." "Congressman Kelly has so many things he has to clear up on his desk." "The only thing on Congressman Kelly's desk are some brochures on Hawaii and a couple of pair of very loud Bermuda shorts." " I beg your pardon?" " That's what's on his desk." "We're here about a girl who's gonna die unless somebody takes the time to help us." "A little girl no different than your granddaughter, Allison." "How do you know my granddaughter's name?" "Let's just say I do my homework." "Wait here, gentlemen." "I'll see what I can do." "The congressman will see you now, gentlemen." "Thank you very much." "Good luck." "Well, that's about it, Congressman Kelly." "If those budget cuts aren't restored, the drug companies simply won't be able to afford to make the medicine that Lindsey needs to stay alive." "I see." "Well, boys, I'm just as sorry as I can be but I'm afraid there's nothing I can do to help." "At least not this session of Congress." "But I assure you the child will be in my prayers, Mr. Gordon." " You hypocritical phoney." " Mark." "Now, wait a minute, Jonathan." "This is between him and me." "I think this conversation is just about over, gentlemen." "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have business" "No, that's where you wrong, mister, because my end of this conversation is just starting." "Now, I am an American citizen, I am a veteran and I am a taxpayer, which means that you work for me, bub." "I am your business." "You've got nothing to attend to that is any more important than this little girl's life." "Mr. Gordon, this may come as a big surprise to you but I've got a desk full of problems that are just as important as the one you've brought me." "Congressman Kelly, you know, choosing between a plaid and an aloha print hardly seems like an earthshaking problem to me." "No, I guess it isn't, is it?" "Look, let me explain what you fellas are up against, all right?" "We're a day, maybe two at the most, away from adjournment." "Now, every congressman and senator is looking to get out of Washington." "The House has already approved the budget and there are enough votes in the Senate to get this thing passed now." "The battle is over." "Listen, we don't wanna change the whole budget, just one little thing." "No one's gonna hold up approval of the whole budget just for one little amendment which may not have enough support to get passed anyway." "Listen, we've got the Normans organising all kinds of families who are going through the same thing." "In a few days there will be enough of them to come here and testify in front of committees." "You don't have a couple of days." "And there are no committees to testify in front of." "The thing is on the floor of the Senate now." "They'll be calling for a vote tonight, tomorrow the latest." "Now, if Corky McCorkindale thinks he's got the vote, which he does, he's gonna ramrod this thing right through." "All right, this McCorkindale, if we can talk to him, if he'd see the Normans, maybe we could get him to change his mind." "Corky doesn't have a mind." "He's a political machine." "He votes for the money, or he votes for the party, or he votes for his friends, or whatever lobby can do him the most good." "What if we could get him to change his mind?" "Then it would be a miracle." "And that's exactly what it would take to stop this budget from going through, even if you do get Corky on your side." "Last time we had that big a political miracle up here was when Truman defeated Dewey." "You think you can give them hell any better than HarryTruman did?" "Well, our boss has been known to in his time." "And what about McCorkindale?" "I'll give it a try." "Miss Wilson, try McCorkindale for me, would you, please?" " Senator McCorkindale." " I'm sorry, boys, I'm late." "Yeah, but, senator, I'm Jonathan Smith." "Congressman Kelly called, said you'd give me five minutes." "I'm late, what can I tell you?" "Please." "It will only take a few minutes." "It's about a sick little girl." "I'm on my way to push a budget through the Senate." "The only thing that can stop me now is if my daughter goes into labour." "Excuse me." " Senator." "Senator, telephone." " Take a message." "But it's the hospital." "You're daughter's just gone into labour." "Oh, boy." "Call the majority leader, tell him to stall, the vote can wait." "I'll be at the hospital till my grandson is born." "Yes, sir." "Better let me drive." "Dr. Campbell, please call the O.R. Dr. Mervin" "Oh, nurse." "Yes, I'm Senator McCorkindale." "How's my daughter?" "Is the baby here yet?" "No, not yet, senator." "She's still in the labour room." "You can go see her if you like." "No, I think, if you don't mind, I'll wait out here." "You understand." "How long do you think it'll take?" "I'm in sort of a bind for time." "Oh, I really couldn't say." "It could take any amount of time." "I'll wait right over here." "Let me know when the baby comes." " Oh, sure." " Thank you, thank you." "Hello, senator." "How did you get here before me?" "I had a police escort." "That doesn't matter." "What does matter is that girl I wanted to talk to you about." "Oh, I hardly think this is the time or the place." "Well, I think it is." "Who do you think you're talking to?" "I thought I was talking to a servant of the people." "You are." "I'm a United States senator." "Have a little respect, please." "Respect is a two-way street, senator." "Now, that little girl and thousands like her are gonna die if that bill goes through as is." "Come on." "That's nonsense, and you know it is." "You don't listen to anything anybody says, do you?" "I'm talking about lives here, about people who can be saved if you'll put back the appropriations to the Orphan Drug Act." "Those appropriations were cut for a reason." "You can't go bleeding the people of their hard-earned money" " for every little thing that comes along." " I don't believe you." "Don't you think that little girl's life is just as precious to her family as the life of your grandson you're hoping for?" "I have made my position clear." "If you insist on continuing this conversation," "I shall have to have you removed from the hospital by an officer." "Dr. Cattrall, Dr. Janice Cattrall." " Any luck?" " Are you kidding?" "He's a stone wall." "Do me a favour." "Call the Normans, tell them to get here as soon as they can, bring families with them." " How soon is soon?" " Like yesterday." "Gotcha." " Hello." " Bill, it's Mark." " Hey, Mark, how's it going?" " So-so." "How's it going with you?" "Well, we've been on the phone almost all day, talked to nearly 50 families in this state alone." "Ten of them said they'd be willing to be in Washington within the next couple of days." "We need those people there now." "We don't have a couple of days." "Bill, is there any way that you can be on a plane for Washington tonight?" "He says he wants us on a plane to Washington tonight." "Tell him we're on our way." "Okay, Mark, we'll be there." "Good." "We can use as much help as we can get on this one." " You got it." " Right." " Be on a plane tonight." " Good." "Why don't you let me talk to him?" "I don't have to be quite as nice as an angel." "No, Mark, I wanna try something first." "Senator?" "Senator McCorkindale." " What?" " You have a grandson." "I do?" "Oh, yes, of course I do." "Wonderful." "Where is he?" "Can I see him?" "Your daughter is asking to see you, senator." "Oh, Caroline." "Everything all right?" "Where is he?" "Where is the little fella?" "The doctors have to do more tests, that's what I have to talk to you about." "We'll have to talk about that later." "I've gotta get back, I've got a bill to pass." "The little fella's already holding up the United States Senate." " Just listen to me." "My baby is sick." " Sick?" "What are you talking about?" "He has an inherited bleeding problem." "I don't know the name, it's very rare." "We'll call in a specialist, please don't worry about it." " We've got doctors up on the hill" " Just listen." "He's going to need medication." "Now, the paediatrician said there is a drug." "It was manufactured under some kind of federal subsidy programme." "But now the doctor said that programme has been eliminated because of budget cutbacks." "Cutbacks that you made on that bill you're so anxious to get signed." "No." "I went over the findings of the Office of Technical Assessment." "They assured me that the cuts were prudent." "Prudent?" "Without medication, my baby, your grandson, does not have much of a chance to live." "Oh, no." " That can't be true." " It is true." "Now, I've never asked you for anything." "I take it back." "I've asked a lot, you've just never given it." "But this time you are." "I want you to use all the power, all the tricks that you can, to get that subsidy put back into the budget." "Yes, I'll try." "I'll try." "We're talking about your grandson's life." " You better do more than try." " I'll do it." "I've gotta get a telephone." "I've gotta stop the vote." "I'm so sorry." "Just stop the vote." "Dailey." "What the hell is going on over there?" "I've tried Senator O'Connell's number five times." "There isn't any answer." "Now, listen, I want you to run down there and tell Buck O'Connell" "I'm sorry, senator, they've all left." "Left?" "What are you talking about?" "They have to be there." "There's a vote scheduled." "They already held the vote." "Senator O'Connell called to congratulate you on passing the bill." "He said it went through just like you wanted." "No, no, that's not what I wanted." "I" "Tell them that they can't do this." "Tell them my grandson" " Senator." "Senator, come on, wake up." " What?" "It's just a dream." " Wake up." " What?" "It's all just a dream." "Your grandson hasn't been born yet and the bill hasn't been voted on yet." "There's still time." "There's still time for you and your daughter too." "Dr. Campbell, please call the O.R. Dr. Mervin" "How do you know what my dream was about?" "I couldn't get through to you awake, so I did it while you were asleep." "Wait a minute." "What--?" "Who are you?" "What is this?" "I'm an angel, and you know what it's all about." "You're an angel?" "You some kind of a kook?" "No, I'm not a kook, Stinky." "What did you call me?" "Stinky." "Isn't that what HarryTruman called you up on the hill when you were just a freshman congressman?" "Remember, Sam Rayburn introduced you to Harry and he said," ""Harry, keep an eye on this boy, he's got what it takes"?" "But Truman didn't like the smell of your cigar, so he called you Stinky." "There were only three people in that room." "I'm the only one alive." "How do you know?" "Harry told me while you were asleep." "You are an angel?" "That's right." "You started out doing so much good." "What happened?" "Realities." "You can't do anything in this town, good or bad, without power." "You sure got plenty of that, all right." "Somewhere along the way, I guess you forgot what you wanted it for." "There's still time." "It's up to you." "You wait right here." "I'll be right back." "Breathe, breathe, easy, easy." "Breathe, easy." "Yeah, great." "That was a good one." "How you doing?" "Hello, Kevin." " How's my girl?" "Yes, Caroline." " You did come." "Oh, I'm okay, but this baby doesn't seem to wanna come out." "Oh, Caroline." " I want to apologise to you." " What?" "Look, I know I haven't been much of a father to you" "Much of a husband to your mother, for that matter." "and there's nothing I can say now to make up or undo things, but I want you to know," "I love you." "I'm very proud of you." "Daddy, are you all right?" "Oh, yes." "For the first time in a long while, I'm very all right." "But I can't stay with you now, I've got to get back to the Senate." "So that's what this is all about." "It's okay, Daddy, I'm used to you ducking out on me." "No, I'm not ducking out on you." "I'm going back there for you and for the baby." "And for a lot of other little kids." "And this time," "I'm not voting with the money or the lobbyists or the party." "And after the vote is over," "I'm coming back to you." "To both of you." "To all three of you." "Here we go again, breathe." "Breathe, breathe." "Easy, easy." "Breathe, easy." "Yeah, great." "Dailey, I've been trying to reach the majority leader and Buck O'Connell." " Where in hell is everybody?" " I'm sorry, senator." "I tried, but Senator O'Connell got to the majority leader and told him they had enough votes without you." "Without me?" "They're on the floor right now, ready to call for the vote." "They went ahead without me." "Nothing I can do now." "We've lost, kid." "Not yet we haven't." "I can't do anything if I'm not there." "There's no way I can get there in time." "Oh, yes, there is.Trust me, senator." "Very well." "If there are no more motions on the floor, we will call the roll." "Corky, I thought you were at the hospital." "How in heaven's name did you get here?" "I think you just answered your own question, Buck." "You shouldn't be here, you know." "I know, Corky, but they keep electing me and I keep showing up." "He can't see me or hear me, only you can." "Well, here we go." "The chair recognises Senator McCorkindale." "Yes." "Thank you, Charley." "Mr. Acting President pro tem, distinguished colleagues," "I know we're all in a hurry to pass this budget and go home." "But I think we've made a mistake." "There are a few things cut out of that budget that ought not to have been cut out." "Corky, what in hell's got into you?" "Nothing in hell has got into me, Bucky, just the opposite." "Now, just a second here, senator." "I recognised you because I thought you wanted to call for the vote." "Well, I know that that's the way we worked it out in the cloakroom, but, Charley, I changed my mind." "Because what I really want to do is to introduce a motion to hold that vote up until some people can get here and give testimony before the Senate Budget Committee, which is where I want this budget to be sent back to." " No." " No." "Charley, that thing in your hand ain't a nutcracker, it's a gavel." "Why don't you bang for order?" "All right, let's have order here." "I have been waiting to say this all my life." "Stop the presses." "Old Corky McCorkindale has just moved to send the bill he helped author back to committee." " Senator Waylon." " No." "Senator Winthrop." "Yes." " Senator Yarborough." " No." " Senator Yerman." " No." "The vote is 39 in favour," "Senator McCorkindale's motion is defeated." "Well, that's the ball game." "Looks like old Corky has overplayed his hand." "Isn't there anything else he can do?" "He's made the motion, he's lost." "Once Charley recognises Buck, we're solid." "Now, then, do I hear a call for a vote on the budget?" "I need more time." "And that's just what you ran out of." "Mr. President-Elect pro tem." "The chair recognises--What the...?" "Ladies and gentlemen, we will recess for a few minutes till we get the lights back on." "Guess somebody forgot to pay the bill." "When the lights go on, I want you to recognise me, Charley." "No way, Corky." "I don't know what's gotten into you but I'm gonna recognise Buck and we're gonna vote this thing through and go home." "What's the matter with you, Corky?" "Have you gotten religion or something?" " There's worse things to get." " Not for you." "Because if you try to stop this vote one more time," "I'm gonna see to it that there's not a cent of PAC money for you." "Your whole party will be against you." "You'll be a pariah." "No friends, no money, no clout, and no more Corky." "Little Bucky Conner." "I made you what you are today." "I took you under my wing, showed you the ropes." "Yes, you did." "And you get in my way now, and I'll hang you with them." "Charley, when those lights come on, you be sure you recognise me." "You got it." "See you on the floor, senator." "The Senate is now in session." "The chair recognises" "Senator..." "McCorkindale." "Why did I say that?" "Heaven only knows, Charley, but you did." "Just say what you've got to say and get on with it." "Well, Buck, what I got to say just may take some time." "And according to the rules of the Senate," "I've got the floor as long as I don't stop talking and as long as I don't sit down." "So you fellas and gals might just as well settle in for a spell because my stomach is full, my shoes are comfortable and my bladder is strong, and I intend to keep on talking until those folks I told you about get here." "Buck, sit down." "We temporarily interrupt this programme to bring you a special report from the Senate." "This is Henry Dansker." "In an effort to block passage of the O'Connell budget, 74-year-old senator Fritz "Corky" McCorkindale has just begun a one-man filibuster." "The senator has been speaking for just over three hours now." "It is a courageous display of bravado, but the question is, how long can a 74-year-old man stay on his feet?" "Speculation runs high he cannot hold out much longer." "That's what you think, pal." "Go get them, Pop." "You go get them." "That's your grandpa, kid." " You made it." "Great." " And we've got ten other families here." " All right." "Let's go get them." " I am not a bleeding heart." "We're not looking for a handout." "But there are certain things a man can't do for himself." "He can't heal himself." "He can't manufacture his own medicines." "He can't dictate just when a catastrophic illness will strike his family." "To turn our backs on them, it's just not sound fiscal policy." "It's not sound American policy and I will be damned in hell if I'm gonna be part of it." "And so will you!" "Hey, Corky, give hell, Corky!" "Wow, they're here." "Now if we can only figure out a way to get them heard." "You got it." "Will the senator yield the floor for a point of information?" "All right." "It seems like the gremlins are at work tonight, senators." "The "Senators Only" restrooms are out of order." "Senators wishing to use the facilities will have to use the public ones." "I like your style." "I try." "Senator." "Thank you." "Excuse me." "My grandson is born." " Is he all right?" " He's fine." "A fine, healthy grandson." "I have a little announcement of my own to make here." "I am the proud grandfather of a 7-pound, 3-ounce baby boy, who, my daughter informs me, that she's gonna name him Fritz." "After me." "Thank you." "Thank you, darling, if you hear me." "Well, I was..." "I was one of the lucky ones." "My grandson's okay." "But he could have been one of the thousands in this country that's not okay." "That needed medicine that he can't get, because we're too busy building bombs with cameras inside them so we can make sure who we kill." "What kind of sense is that?" "Hi, senator." "I'm Mark Gordon." "I'd like you to meet a friend of mine while you're waiting." "Hi, my name's Lindsey." "I'm one of the kids the senator was talking about." " Hi, senator." " What the...?" "Madam, you can't be here." "This is the men's room." "Don't worry about it." "I'm a nurse." "Now, let me tell you about my grandson." "He has a disease that can be treated, but he can't get the medicine." "And now, senators, I would like to read to you my aunt Martha's recipe for pecan pie." "You take two cups of fresh pecans..." "Well, senators, I guess you'll have to ask my aunt Martha for the recipe because I've just been informed that you've met the people, they've had their say." "Now it's between you and your conscience." "Somebody call an ambulance!" "Hey, what happened in there?" "I must have passed out." "We gotta get back in for the vote, it's gonna be a close one." "Take a look, Corky." "You didn't just pass out in there, Corky." "That's right." "What about the vote?" " We lost." " What are you talking about?" "Well, it's gonna end in a tie." "That's gonna send it to Charley and he's gonna push that bill through as is." "You did your best." "That's all you can ask." "No, no, no, it isn't." "I've gotta get back in there and break that tie vote." "Look, you've gotta get him to let me get back in." " Corky, that's against the rules." " Well, let him waive the rules." "I can't help you." "Jonathan, leave it to a pro." "Your boss and me can work out a deal..." " Senator Waylon." " Yes." " Senator Winthrop." " No." " Senator Yarborough." " Yes." " Senator Yerman." " No." " The vote is..." " Incomplete." "The vote is incomplete." "The Senate will come to order." "Corky, you all right?" "You look as pale as a ghost." "Well, to tell you the truth, Bucky, old boy, I'm dead, but you wouldn't believe that in a million years, would you?" "Senator McCorkindale." "Before I cast my vote, I'm gonna tell you birds a thing or two." "They say that old Abe Lincoln's ghost walks the White House whenever his spirit is troubled." "Well, from now on, old Corky McCorkindale is gonna be haunting these halls." "We're gonna send this budget back to committee, and when it comes out, you're gonna do right by these people who put you here, or I'm coming back and scare the living daylights out of you!" "The vote is no!" "The children win, you lose." "Well, it's time to go, senator." " I'd like to ask you one more favour." " Name it." "Can we make one more stop?" "It's along the way." "It's to keep a promise." "We got lots of time." "And it has now been confirmed." "After waging the most historic struggle in decades in the U.S. Senate," "Fritz "Corky" McCorkindale has succumbed to a heart attack at age 74, though there still seems to be some confusion over the exact time of death." "No, I'm okay." "Don't cry." "Caroline, I'm okay." "She can't hear you, Corky." "Oh, yeah." "Look at him, huh?" "The little fella." "I think he favours me, don't you think?" "Yeah, I think so." "My grandson." "Kevin, do you smell something?" "No." "What are you talking about?" "That smell.That's my dad's cigar." "I'd know that smell anywhere." "Caroline..." "He's with us, Kevin." "Trust me." "He's with us right now." "Okay, we can go now." "Let me ask you something." "Do they have committees up there?" "You know, I could be a real help to the boss if they do."