The NYT nails the importance of Fitzmas

After a long dark period for the NYT it seems they have nailed it here:

The way in which the leak investigation is being pursued is becoming a symbol of who was right and who was wrong about the war," said Ivo H. Daalder, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who worked at the National Security Council during the Clinton administration. "The possibility of Libby being indicted, and the whole Cheney angle, is all about proving in some sense that they were wrong and therefore that those who opposed the war and never thought the intelligence was right have been proven correct.

The article makes a good introduction to the story for anyone who thinks you are obsessing too much.