Michael Crowley makes an interesting observation:

I wonder if Obama may now wish he’d come down differently in the reportedly “intense” White House debate over releasing those OLC torture memos. I rather suspect Nancy Pelosi does.

Well, it’s not like conservatives didn’t try to warn the president that this would open a period of destructive recrimination. And it’s not as if there was no argument made that this would be harmful to morale at the CIA. But I suppose the Rahm-Axelrod-Obama team felt this would be a sort of political coup, raising the ire of the public and getting in one last shot at the Bushies. Instead, it’s left some of their ardent fans wondering if the whole thing wasn’t a mistake after all.

Next time an explosive national security decision is looming, maybe the White House should consult with Dick Cheney. It seems he was offering some sage advice on this one.