Not when it comes to judgment calls. Not... when you're so desperate to see something done that you think you'll do anything to get it. [That's an admission, quieter than before.]

I don't think either of us could have stopped what happened on New Caprica. Every version of events that I ran... there was no way we could have known. Not about Gaius, not about the Cylons. I can wish I had let Roslin steal the election, but how could I have known what that would do? Or what would have happened next? For all I know, it would have just turned her into a tyrant sooner.

But... the Eight, and Tom... [His mouth tightens for a moment.] I was desperate. That's the frakking truth.