Quote Originally Posted by Rusty Trichome
So tell me again, at what point did McCain sign the Airbus Deal? I guess corporate corruption is acceptable to the dems?

Lockheed was deeply involved with a bribery scandal, and McDonnell-Douglas merged with Boeing. Nobody has run them out of the business. (altho the unions keep trying)
A Good Deal of Credit to McCain for Stopping a Bad Deal

In 2001, the United States Air Force wanted to begin replacing 500 of its aging refueling planes. The plan began with a sweetheart deal, buried in the fine print of the 2002 defense-authorization bill. The Air Force was to lease 100 Boeing fuel tankers at a cost of $26 billion ?? $6 billion more than the cost of buying them outright, according to an estimate by the White House Office of Management and Budget.

If that sounds like a bad deal, it??s because it was. It never occurred, thanks to loud and persistent protests from Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.). And now that McCain is a candidate for president and Boeing??s rival has won the contract, Democrats are effectively complaining that he didn??t let Boeing rip off the taxpayers.
David Freddoso on Boeing & John McCain on National Review Online

"I guess corporate corruption is acceptable to the dems?".......Some things don't "change" my friend.

Have a good one!:s4: