The West Wing Swiss Diplomacy

The election’s barely over but Hoynes is already maneuvering for the next one, and the Senate minority leader, a likely candidate himself, is crying foul and threatening to thwart the president’s legislative agenda. Meanwhile, the 15-year-old son of an Iranian leader needs a heart-lung transplant, and can get it only in the U.S. But the politics of it are as complicated as the surgery., The election’s barely over but Hoynes (Tim Matheson) is already maneuvering for the next one, and the Senate minority leader, a likely candidate himself, is crying foul and threatening to thwart the president’s legislative agenda. Meanwhile, the 15-year-old son of an Iranian leader needs a heart-lung transplant, and can get it only in the U.S. But the politics of it are as complicated as the surgery., Hoynes manoeuvres for the next election; the son of Iran’s leader needs an operation in the US; and Toby tries to repay a Congresswoman who “walked a plank” for the president by proposing a gasoline-tax hike, and paid for it at the polls.