İt is the eve of a presidential debate between Republican Richard Meredith, a popular media veteran with no political experience and Governor Paul Greene, a tough-as-nails Democrat. But the real story is taking place behind doors where the debate's four panelists have assembled. The moderator, newscaster Mike Howley (James garner), has just been given scandalous information about one of the candidates. Howley and his co-panelists make a bold decision: they will disclose the information on national television for the world to judge-even though it will certainly ruin one candidate's career. Howley's decision sends shockwaves through the country. Are the panelists heroes or simply trying to further their own careers? One intrepid journalist (Peter Gallagher) is determined to find out, as he follows a serpentine trail of unanswered questions to a final, starling discovery.