In the end all of this boils down to nothing more than simple business decisions, if you want to get down to brass tacks. Bryan is making what he feels is the best decision to maximize the value of his business in the current climate, while reducing the likelihood that he will ever have to spend a night in jail. Nothing more, nothing less.
Which is exactly what sites that are sticking it out and keeping their doors open to US players are doing as well. Do you really think that PokerStars and Full Tilt are interested in protecting what they believe are certain inalienable rights and freedoms of US citizens? Of course not. They’re taking the stance that they believe they will profit the most from, in the long run.
When these decisions coincide with what we personally want to see happening, yay, we applaud them. When they run contrary to what we want to see happen, boo, how dare they.