"Honestly? Yes. I know it's not a permanent posting, my position in the White House. Eventually Bartlet isn't going to be president any longer and I'm going to be out of a job. I want to line up a plan for the future. I'd...I'd like to be in Congress myself. I feel like it would be the next natural step for me."

Sam wants to carve out his own legacy, do something to make his parents proud. He knows that it's hardly like he's a disappointment considering his position in the White House but he wants to be something more.