During the campaign period, the Aquino camp was known to have been divided between the Balay and Samar groups – those batting for an Aquino-Jejomar Binay tandem belonging to the Samar group, and those pushing for an Aquino-Mar Roxas ticket from the Balay group. (The Balay group took after Roxas' white house or balay na puti, while the Samar group led by Paquito Ochoa was based in an old house on Samar Street in Quezon City. Ochoa later became Aquino's executive secretary.)