If You Can't Win, Beat Em!

My high school hockey team's unofficial motto above fits the temperment of some in Congress who would overturn the Air Force decision to award an air refueling tanker contract to Northrop and the European consortium EADS:

"We're going to try to eliminate the funding," said Washington state Democratic Rep. Norm Dicks, a member of the defense subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee. "We're going to try to make a fight on the funding of this in the regular bill."

The comments were made at an outdoor rally on Capitol Hill attended by union leaders and lawmakers representing Washington and Kansas, where Boeing has a significant presence. Some attendees held signs reading "U.S. Workers -- Protect U.S. Military" and "Tax $$ for U.S.A. -- Not France!"

Originally posted in UNCoRRELATED Apr 22, 2008