If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice

From the AP:

U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman was wrangling support for his presidential bid in Keene, N.H., and Sen. John Kerry was winging his way to sunny Florida to meet with the teachers' union in mid-January when the Senate rejected increased funding for education and Medicaid.

The amendment lost by two votes.

Two months later, Kerry was in Chicago raising money for his presidential campaign and North Carolina Sen. John Edwards was also out of town when a Democratic amendment to fully fund President Bush's education reforms was defeated - also by two votes.

Such close roll-call votes are rare, and with Republicans controlling the Senate, Vice President Dick Cheney would be available to break any ties. But as the 2004 presidential campaign heats up, the four senators vying for the Democratic nomination are spending more time on the road talking about issues, and less time voting on them.

Kerry, D-Mass., leads the pack with the most votes missed as of April 12. So far this year he has missed nearly four out of every 10 votes, not counting the two that came when he was recuperating from prostate surgery in February.

Emphasis added to highlight the Democratic candidate I like the least (see below).