The first lady wanted to set up the governing equivalent of a War Room—the brutally efficient campaign headquarters run by Carville and Stephanopoulos. As Woodward recounts it, the president then stood up and began yelling: “ ‘I’m leaving and I’m going to Tokyo,’ he shouted. He turned to McLarty and the vice president. ‘Mack and Al, you two, I want it solved. I want it done before I get home.’
