Christina...Thank you...for getting all this in order.Ashley can call meif you have any questions about what's on your desk.Is he here yet?I put him in your office.Marty Spinella, head lobbyist for the teachers' union.He wants to rip my head off and peel it like an orange.Why? Because I lied to him. But what choice did I havewhen the truth would've ended the conversation before it began? I'll call you back. Marty.You fucking lied, Frank?No, no. You lied to my fucking face? Marty, I did not lie. Did notWe spent the whole weekend in that roompouring over this bill line by line,and nowhere did it say anything about collective bargaining.Let's calm down and sit down, and we will discuss this.I will explain everything that's going on,and we will talk it out no matter how long it takes.No, no more. This is gonna be a very short meeting,'cause only one of two things are gonna happen:either you assure me right now that amendment is out,or I'm walking out that doorand I'm gonna start launching missiles.The amendment was never intended to stay in the bill.It was just there for leverage, that's all.You threatened to cut federal fundingfrom union school districts?That's not a poker chip, Frank.That's a goddamn dirty bomb.Look, the amendment is not staying in the bill.
