Even though I agree with you (first thing I do is installing vim-full),
vim-runtime was removed due to space constraints on the CD. See
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2006-August/020292.html
** Changed in: vim (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
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Package 'vim' should be installed by default
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/156402
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