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Friday, March 7th, 2008

Posted by David Seago @ 11:50:06 am

Oh, brother. Now Washington legislators are getting into the fuss over the big Air Force tanker contract.

The Washington Policy Center's Jason Mercier alerts us that 66 House members signed on to a resolution urging Congress to halt the tanker purchase. A handful of Pierce County and South King legislators are among the sponsors – including two smart enough to know better – Rep. Pat Lantz, D-Gig Harbor, and Rep. Dennis Flannigan, D-Tacoma. Guess they figure it's harmless.

Mercier comments:

I have to wonder if we are asking Congress not to sign contracts with companies that manufacture planes over seas like Boeing does with the 787. (News story).

The Airbus tanker assembly model sounds a lot like what Boeing is doing for the 787: See these Northrop Grumman statements here and here.

It would have been nice for the home team to win but we should be fine with the Air Force selecting the best deal for the federal taxpayers.

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Inside the editorial page

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This blog is designed to give readers a glimpse of our editorial-page operation and how we make our decisions. We’ll let you know who we’re meeting with, what they’re telling us, what events and issues we’re looking at. We’ll also pass on information and observations that may not make our print editions. In addition to the editorial board members who post on this blog, the board includes Publisher Cheryl Dell and Executive Editor David Zeeck.

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