Clearly the authors know what they are talking about - this is the best piece I've read on this subject and shows the liberals have not learned from the New Shipborne Aircraft debacle under Jean Chretien.  I for one am sick and tired of both political parties playing games with defence procurement - it has cost Canadians billions and will only get worse with this Super Hornet's  nest being created.  Politicians have managed to consistently extract the least bang for the buck for the Canadian taxpayer while Boeing and others have reaped largesse from our idiocy.