In theory at least, the administration can stay committed to these grander causes even if it's forced to abandon the immediate battlefield in Baghdad and look for anothertimeandplaceto resume the wider war.
After his success in SW19 came a quarter-final place at the US Open andanother title in Switzerland on carpet, and it would seem to be time for a good run at Roland Garros.
Most likely antitrust lawyers at the DOJ have been otherwise bored with the lack of merger deals to scrutinize (another downside to a weak economy), and this transaction just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.