THOSE who voted for Senate Resolution 337 asking the Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s (aka Digong) unilateral termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States at least showed some conviction on their part. If they lose, no one can claim that they hedged their bet.

Those who abstained showed no conviction at all. They hedged their bet. Whichever way the Supreme Court decides, they can always claim they neither voted for nor against the resolution.