Use update_columns rather than touch to update the record, for
generality

Unlike touch, update_columns does not create a transaction for
itself, so we need to add the record to the transaction, if present.
If there is not a current_transaction, the add is a no-op.

This all means that delete will not invoke a transaction or run the
after_commit callbacks unless called from within one, which is
consistent with the Rails docs and the behavior of
ActiveRecord::Base#delete.