It looks like Boeing's win is a done deal regardless of whether EADS bids or not.
Boeing-friendly pols: Don't push tanker deadline for EADSThe Pentagon should not extend its Aerial Refueling tanker bid deadline to allow EADS to bid, politicians from Boeing-heavy states said this week.
"Delaying the process because a potential bidder cannot assemble a responsive bid in a timely manner amounts to favoring vendors at the expense of our soldiers, sailors and airmen," Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire said in a statement Monday. "They - not any of the companies who might want to build the tanker - are the ultimate customer, and we should not waste any time getting them the new equipment they so desperately need."
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