Hollow woman

Newsday.com: Sen. Clinton co-sponsors anti-flag burning law

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is supporting new legislation to criminalize desecration of the United States flag _ though she still opposes a constitutional ban on flag attacks.

Clinton, D-N.Y., has agreed to co-sponsor a measure by Republican Sen. Bob Bennett of Utah, which has been written in hopes of surviving any constitutional challenge following a 2003 Supreme Court ruling on the subject.

Her support of Bennett's bill follows her position in Congress last summer, when a constitutional ban on flag-burning was debated. Clinton said then she didn't support a constitutional ban, but did support federal legislation making it a crime to desecrate the flag.

Shameful. Pathetic. Conclusive evidence that the rap against Bill -- that he was pure politics and not much core conviction -- is doubly true of his wife. I guess the good news is that in 2008 her presidential opponents will be able to say that Hillary voted against the ban before she voted for it.

So go ahead -- run right, damn it. Run as far right as your stone-cold heart desires. The triangulation that you do today will make you unelectable in 2008.