Ether, You're right that the media would have laid into Heydon...

Ether,

You're right that the media would have laid into Heydon and Libs if he'd stood down. They would have dined out on it for a few weeks. But this way the left-leaning cartoonists, comedians and journos have a target to go on attacking right to the bitter end.

Don't get me wrong - I don't think Heydon did the wrong thing. His argument to dismiss the applications was sound. I'm just taking the political perspective.

Sure, a win is a win. I just think it's going to be a while before we see who won. Some Labor strategists would have been praying he didn't resign.