The dispute between the Boeing Co. and Northrop Grumman- EADS over a $35 billion tanker contract keeps popping up in political contests.
Politicoreports on how the controversial Air Force tanker contract is having an impact on the Congressional race between incumbent Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash., and Democratic challenger Darcy Burner.
Reichert recently condemned radio advertisements taken out by a pro-Northrop and EADS group called Alabamians to Build a Better Tanker.
Burner, according to Politico, questions some of Reichert’s fundraising from a group with ties to EADS.
The Democratic National Committee released a new Web video called “Job-killing John” this weekend. The DNC says that “14,000 American Jobs Are At Stake Because of John McCain and His Lobbyist Advisors.” The group cites a Economic Policy Institute report that said a Northrop-EADS win of the $35 billion tanker contest would cost America 14,000.
When it published that report, the Economic Policy Institute noted that it receives funds from both the Boeing Co. and the aerospace company’s Machinists union. The DNC commercial omits that tidbit.
DNC-McCain video
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