Rep. Emanuel: McCain made sure that Iraq got new schools, roads & bridges that we deny America, & now is making sure that France gets our jobs.

NYT

Lawmakers on the House Appropriations Committee warned Wednesday that they would kill a multibillion-dollar contract to replace the fleet of Air Force fueling tankers if the Pentagon did not adequately explain why it gave the deal to a partnership between Northrop Grumman and the European parent of Airbus, instead of to Boeing.

[Representative John P. Murtha, Democrat of Pennsylvania, the chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee,] and other House Democrats also attacked Senator John McCain of Arizona, the Republican presidential candidate, for his role in scuttling a previous deal to let Boeing supply the tankers. Mr. McCain has boasted of those efforts, saying he prevented wasteful spending, but the Democrats on Wednesday said it was his fault that military industry jobs were going overseas.

“Having made sure that Iraq gets new schools, roads, bridges and dams that we deny America, now we are making sure that France gets the jobs that Americans used to have,” said Representative Rahm Emanuel, Democrat of Illinois. “We are sending the jobs overseas, all because John McCain demanded it.”

Mr. Murtha . . . noted that the two major Democratic candidates for president, Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Barack Obama of Illinois, had expressed opposition to the deal with Northrop Grumman...............