FTC out to lunch on Whole Foods.(Editorial)

With the '08 presidential campaign starting to heat up, the dialogue that's coming out of the race is one of vastly differing viewpoints. That's why every American who's eligible to vote is likely to face a host of divisive issues. Are you pro-war or anti-war? Pro-choice or pro-life? Pro-business or pro-consumer? To say the very least, the debate during the next year and a half will either change one's perceptions or galvanize them for good.

It's perhaps because of this atmosphere that issues under the current retail microscope also are eliciting very disparate reactions. A case in point is the proposed merger between Whole Foods and Wild Oats, two of the nation's leading specialty grocers whose market positions …