Are you saying you would consider folding top two and the nut flush draw here on the turn?

When I first read the HH I figured you checked the turn in order to CRAI.

I don't mind a CR on the flop since people tend to put you on a flush draw you do that, so if you would consider doing it with [Th] or [Jh] or some other combo draw, a CRAI here seems good and at least worth considering.. In fact, if I was villain and had AQ and faced a CRAI on the flop, I would probably call, and expect to be ahead or coinflipping most of the time.

What about a turn check raise?

I think if he he's going to call your lead for $22 on the river, then he would have called the check raise.

Now on the river the pot is bigger and you can value bet. Some hands are going to fold, but I think that range is weighted to hands that would have folded to your $22 lead anyway. Other's call and you got the extra bet from the CR out of them.