Sentence:  We arrived at Quonset Naval Air Station, where Kennedy warned us as he got up to leave the plane that he had a “little <WSD>toe dance</WSD> to do” with Rhode Island's Republican governor, John Chafee, who was meeting the president at the airport. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The act of avoiding an issue by equivocation, complicated diplomacy, or changing the subject.