Honor, humor and humiliation in the Senate

SEN. Robinhood Padilla is right that he did not violate any rules of the Senate when he combed his mustache during a public hearing last month of the Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs, the footage of which has gone viral on social media.

The issue gained traction again last week after former senator Frank Drilon called attention to the eroding public perception of the Senate as an institution "by what has been observed as the lack of proper decorum on the part of certain senators."