I agree that Captain America being dead does make him more popular in the present then "alive". But I also think that if they made the government the main one responsible for his death then it would just be like oh Marvel is being TOO anti-patriotic I will not buy this issue because it may conflict with my prior belief... I think that you are onto something it is both. If you add the Red Skull as the one responsible you get people like us debating, "oh is it really about the government!" "No its just the Red Skull!".. Either way if its a cash grab its a good one in the sense that if you like it or hate it, its bound to have people talking about it and comparing it to real life as well as someone perhaps ever buying the issue to see what all the hub-bub is about...