It's not because of the widow, not really. It's not even because of Will's impassioned words. Or because of Amy, Josh and CJ's 'you should do it'. It's not that he wants to run; he doesn't, not yet; not at this time in his life. He's content to be Deputy Director of Communications in The West Wing. He's content to write the words Jed Bartlet, leader of the free world, will say. He's content to work twenty-nine hours a day, nine days a week. He's content to be part of something so marvelous, so intense, he sometimes feels he should pay for the privilege to be involved.