Eagle tells the story of the 2000 election that should have been, where the darkest of dark horses is Senator Kenneth Yamaoka, a third-generation Japanese-American who surprises the country and the world by deciding to challenge the Vice-President for the Democratic nomination.

In the first real test of the campaign, Yamaoka positions himself for success, making a dramatic case to the nation from the steps of the Capitol -- but his rival's pulpit is already in the White House!

Jo researches Senator Yamaoka's recruitment into the Marines in the early '70s. Why would a young man go willingly into the Vietnam War?

How did a disfigured young Japanese-American war veteran come to marry the blondest hair and bluest blood in New England? A flashback to the courtship of Takashi's father leads straight into the big TV debate, where this time the vice president has Yamaoka in check!