"Are you not able to recognize a standard medical history form when it is put in front of your face?"
I didn't read it! I didn't think it was important!
What else have you signed without thinking it was important? Prescriptions?
No!
Patient instructions?
No!
Oh, so just this?
Oliver, I am not an expert in the diseases of the central nervous system, but I can tell you that MS is not hereditary. The President's condition has absolutely no relevance to Zoey's health status.
Well, now you're changing your story, Mrs. Bartlet.
No, I'm not.
Did you sign it because you were absent-minded or did you sign it because you knew best?
I signed it 'cause...I just signed it...It was a form...And I think making a big thing out of it is what makes it into a big thing!
Really?
And I'm not a hundred percent sure that that's not what you're going for.
Why would I want to make it a big thing?
Because defending the President in primetime looks good on a resume.
Well, I've got a pretty good-looking resume already, Mrs. Bartlet. And it's not a big thing because I say so, ma'am; it's a big thing. You're gonna get all the questions I just asked you, and quite a few more. And then they're gonna ask the President if he was in the room when you signed it. And that's when he's gonna give everyone's favorite answer from a President who has just announced that he has MS: "I. DON'T. REMEMBER."
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