By the way, when you read through all of the evidence of what happened with the awarding of this contract, it is clear that the Air Force Generals wanted an aircraft in the medium large category like what Boeing proposed with its 767 class of aircraft. This was specified in the RFP. So the fact that the contract was awarded to EADS/Airbus when they submitted their Airbus 330 which is a monster sized aircraft only leads more credence to the idea that something nefarious happened with the awarding of this contract to EADS/Airbus. If the RFP had called for an extremely large aircraft, Boeing would have proposed its larger 777 aircraft, not the 767.
So, we have letters from McCain that vigorously oppose items in the RFP that would try to penalize EADS/Airbus for having unfair governmental subsidies and letters where McCain opposes items in the RFP asserting existing US legislation and guidelines that give preference to US companies in awarding defense contracts. We have several lobbyist powerhouses from EADS/Airbus in the McCain campaign and we have massive contributions from those lobbyists and from EADS/Airbus employees to the McCain Campaign. Finally, we have a contract that was awarded to a company that proposed a larger, more expensive and less fuel efficient plane versus the company that proposed the specified size, and a more affordable and fuel efficient plane Those dots are not hard to connect and I feel confident in asserting that none of it was accidental. McCain, who tries to tout himself as being above earmarks and pork, has really pulled a whopper here. I don't know what has to happen to fix this, but the contract needs to be awarded to Boeing and a complete investigation initiated into how this all happened.
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