Hillary Clinton celebrated her assured primary win by doing what all good politicians do after a victory: completely ignore the voting constituency while skinny dipping with Mark Penn (Nixon is said to have done this also, again with Mark Penn).

The inaction in question is the final vote on legal immunity to the phone companies that cooperated with the Bush administration's warrantless wiretap program. The House of Representatives initially rejected immunity for phone companies, but the Senate vote of 69 to 29 (28 democrats and an independent) in favor of immunity crumbled what little resistance was left.

"But 69 and 29 equals 98, are you really that bad at math?" you might ask. Almost! Instead, I just didn't mention the two senators who abstained from voting: South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham and New York Giants fan Hillary Clinton.

Only losers keep their promises, such as promising to vote against the amendment in question. For instance, loser ex-presidential contender Chris Dodd spearheaded the movement against warrantless wiretapping, even while campaigning. Future loser Barack Obama and John "Lucky 26" Edwards showed their subordination by also kowtowing to their word, following it like a dog. Hillary has risen above the throngs.

She cannot be faulted for flip-flopping. Her campaign stated directly after the vote that she opposed retroactive warrants. Her purported way of signifying her political choices, then, must be through abstaining to vote while loudly voicing opinions. This strategy has been well-noted by Hillary's supporters and will be followed dogmatically the next time her name appears on a ballot.