I guess you didn't read the article? He's saying there are no cases where it works. Making it completely pointless.
Doesn't mean there are "no" cases where it works. It just means any attacker dedicated enough can work around the CRLs.
I don't see any reason why one should throw the baby with the water. In this case, I just see Chrome guilty of FUD and hiding behind an intractable problem to justify their incorrect position.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Generals'_Problem if you want to convince yourself the problem is intractable.
> "In order to end on a positive note, I'll mention a case where online revocation checking does work..."