I bought the smart wire and ran the power off of my steering column. It was easy as, probably easier than the ciggy lighter.

You undo the one screw under the column, solder (or if you are real slack use an inline clip on the positive wire running off your ignition barrel) and with the screw that holds the ignition barrel in, undo it and stick your negative wire onto that and bobs your uncle. It seriously takes like 2 minutes to do the whole job. That includes feeding the wire up the pillar and under your hood lining to come out at the rear view mirror (if thats where you want it).