Tanker, Oh Tanker

The G.A.O. has ruled against the Air Force on Boeing's protest, which probably means a rebid.

I'm kind of surprised. After Boeing bribed the Pentagon acquisition officer, I figured that they would have handled this better.

I also figure that when you chose the plane that is:

• Already flying.
• Just as cheap.
• Offloads more gas further away from base.
• Has a contracting team with a better record of being on time and on budget.

That it's tough to screw up the process.

Needless to say, Boeing is doing a happy dance about all of this.

The GAO language is fairly strong, which means that a recompete is almost certain.

If Obama's folks have any guts, they will have proxies demagogue the hell out of this against McCain, who killed the original corrupt deal.