A FELLOW senator before once told me that every senator in the Senate wants to be president. “But you really have to want the presidency to have it; you should be willing to go to the extent of doing things you won’t normally do,” he said.

I never thought of it as a joke even then, though I myself never had any presidential ambitions despite serving two terms in the Senate.

Premium + Digital Edition

Ad-free access


P 80 per month
(billed annually at P 960)
  • Unlimited ad-free access to website articles
  • Limited offer: Subscribe today and get digital edition access for free (accessible with up to 3 devices)

TRY FREE FOR 14 DAYS
See details
See details