Put aside what she thinks about the merits of the bill, and put aside her liberal ideology for a minute. The vote won't make a difference in terms of her next Senate run, and will be long forgotten by 2012. By voting yes instead of no today, she would have decreased the left-wing heat on Obama (not much, but a little). Instead, she opted to draw a contrast between him and her with the vote. It's almost as if she's still in the running to be the Dem's nominee this year.
You are correct....... Her NAY vote was a great big “neener neener, I told you so” to the left.
I’ll add that it was textbook Clintonomics for her to vote that way. We all know darn well she could care less about FISA and she voted NAY to stick it to Hussein and his followers. Just like all her votes and everything she says and does ~ strictly politics for her advantage.
Of course she’s still running. It ain’t over yet. I’m not counting her out.
I wondered at first too, and then I came to the same conclusion you did. I think she is still holding out hope that she can snatch the nomination.