THE House Speaker is No. 4 in the line of succession to the presidency. Indeed, certain of the Speakers we have had were arguably of presidential timber quality. That some of the aspirants to be No. 4 we had just read about belonged to the Lapiang Pinabili Lang ng Suka or the Wassiname or Whosis Party, again indicate the state of putrefaction of a society in decay. Household names only in their own households. For No. 4, for crying out loud!