A variation on the old Bugs Bunny-Daffy Duck argument.
Daffy: It's rabbit season! - Bugs: Duck season.
Daffy: Rabbit season! - Bugs: Duck season.
Daffy: Rabbit season! - Bugs: Rabbit season.
Daffy: Duck season! - Bugs: Suit yourself, doc. It's duck season.
Daffy: You said it. It's duck season!
Studio 60: Warm-up act » | pleasing writing again ..
It's a case of opportunism and principle being on the same side for once but Danny insists on principle getting the credit.
What was good about this is that it was never explained. There was no expository speech later in which Danny or Jack tells us what happened in that scene. For once, Aaron Sorkin, who has too often felt the need to explain everything, lets the actors do the work and leaves it up to the audience to figure it out on their own.
Tonight's episode will probably start with Jack or Danny giving a speech detailing what Danny just did.