Impartial question: How important should U.S. policy make the capture of Bin Laden now?

It should be more important than it was for George "I don't spend a lot of time thinking about it' Bush.. but not the top priority. Top priority is surviving the recession. Health care, green technologies, alternative energy, etc follow. The thing is though, you don't have to do much to increase our efforts in looking for OBL. For all his bluster, Dubya never followed up in searching for him. 'Wanted dead or alive' was all just talk. In reality, we just used OBL and his actions to justify our increased presence in the Middle East..