AG nominee Holder: "We don't want to criminalize policy differences."

Here in the New York Times online edition is the bombshell of the day from Washington: It appears as though President Elect Obama will not be going after President Bush and his minions full bore in pursuit of prosecuting possible war crimes.

Will there be indictments? It's hard to believe there won't be. But Holder hedged his bets and sounded like a guy trying to please his future boss without offending Republicans.

I believe that prosecuting Bush and his fellow torturers is something that should be a secondary concern for the incoming administration. It is my sense that just getting the country back on track by ending the war in Iraq, fixing the economy, ending the use of torture, closing Gitmo are the priorities for Obama's first 100 days.