This sounds like the same shenanery surrounding the contracting bid for the strat tanker replacement. EADS/Nrothrop Grumman put up the A330 vs Boeing's 767. 767 won, but it was canceled when illegal activity by the Boeing crowd was brought to light. Then, the A330 WON the rebid, but Boeing protested, and it needed to be rebid again. THEN, the acquisition/bidding process was so skewed and rigged in favor of Boeing that EADS threw up its hands and said screw it, Boeing can have it. Then, EADS jumped back in and Boeing won the contract anyway, many say dubiously. That was a NINE YEAR PROCESS starting in 2002. Sounds like the template for what's going on now with the C-Series.
The saddest part about the whole thing is that here we sit in 2017 still tanking behind decrepit KC-135s and KC-10s, and the A330 is an absolute dream to tank from. You know it's going to be a good night when you see that it's going to be the Brits, Canadians, or Aussies dragging you around theater. Not so much if it's a KC-135. That's not any concern of Boeing's though.
Even if I wasn't a pilot, my 'Made in America' penchant would be wearing incredibly thin with Boeing.