Wasn't it to be expected that Boeing would try to raise support for putting the deal into question? I for sure expected it, and if the deal would have gone to Boeing in the first, the same concerns that are being referred to now wouldn't have made anyone raising a single eyebrow. For Boeing it is about money lost, for the rest it is about national pride. Rational arguments or the given or lacking quality of the Airbus have nothing to do with it. I'm sure that it will end up with the deal being given to Boeing, no matter how. as Tchocky said: politics.
Man, this real time typo- and spellchecking of Firefox works fantastic!
Tchocky, you spell your name wrong, it says!